Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 8.2.4 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-3955. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPC_MS_RGN marker in the Jp2c stream of a JpxDecode encoded data stream, which triggers an integer sign extension that bypasses a sanity check, leading to memory corruption.

The weakness was disclosed 01/13/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-3955. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43875 (Adobe Acrobat < 9.3 / 8.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-02)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116768 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerability (APSA09-07, APSB10-02)).

Upgrading to version 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11581.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (55553), Tenable (43875), SecurityFocus (BID 37757†), Secunia (SA38215†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1023446†). The entries VDB-4072, VDB-51531, VDB-51530 and VDB-51529 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 43875
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 9.3 / 8.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-02)
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OpenVAS ID: 800427
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader/Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities - Jan10 (Win)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0
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11/16/2009 🔍
01/12/2010 +57 days 🔍
01/13/2010 +1 days 🔍
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01/14/2010 +1 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1889 days 🔍
03/20/2025 +3655 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-3955 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3955
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51527

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X-Force: 55553
SecurityFocus: 37757
Secunia: 38215
SecurityTracker: 1023446
Vulnerability Center: 24607 - [APSB10-02] Adobe Acrobat Prior to 9.3 JpxDecode Remote Memory Corruption or DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 03/20/2025 18:10
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (39), 04/07/2017 10:45 (27), 08/31/2021 07:49 (3), 08/31/2021 07:56 (7), 08/31/2021 08:02 (1), 01/25/2025 22:24 (18), 03/20/2025 18:10 (1)
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