Adobe Acrobat up to 9.1.1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-2028. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat (Document Reader Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader 7 and Acrobat 7 before 7.1.3, Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8 before 8.1.6, and Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 before 9.1.2 have unknown impact and attack vectors, related to "Adobe internally discovered issues."

The weakness was published 06/11/2009 by Security Team (TippingPoint) with Apple Product Security (Website). The advisory is available at adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-2028 since 06/11/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 39777 (GLSA-200907-06 : Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116455 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Security Update (APSB09-07)).

Upgrading to version 7.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51126), Tenable (39777), SecurityFocus (BID 35274†), Secunia (SA35496†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-22701†). Similar entries are available at VDB-48569, VDB-48568, VDB-48567 and VDB-48566. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 39777
Nessus Name: GLSA-200907-06 : Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
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OpenVAS ID: 800586
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader Multiple BOF Vulnerabilities - Jun09 (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat 7.0.4

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Security Team (TippingPoint)
Organization: Apple Product Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2028 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2028
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48570

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X-Force: 51126
SecurityFocus: 35274 - Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.1 and Prior Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35496
Vulnerability Center: 22701 - Adobe Reader and Acrobat < 9.1.2 Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 10/16/2018 08:57
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (72), 10/16/2018 08:57 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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