Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.1.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-1241. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.1.0 (Document Reader Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the custom heap management system in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.2, and 8.x before 8.2.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document, aka FG-VD-10-005.

The weakness was published 04/05/2010 by Billy Rios (TippingPoint) with Oulu University Secure Programming Group (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-1241 since 04/05/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45504 (Adobe Acrobat < 9.3.2 / 8.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-09)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165590 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update acroread (SUSE-SA:2010:022)).

Upgrading to version 9.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9708.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (57589), Zero-Day.cz (93), Tenable (45504), SecurityFocus (BID 39329†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25471†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4108, VDB-52767, VDB-52766 and VDB-52765. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 45504
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 9.3.2 / 8.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-09)
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OpenVAS ID: 801305
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader PDF Handling Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.1.1
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Billy Rios (TippingPoint)
Organization: Oulu University Secure Programming Group
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-1241 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1241
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52580

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X-Force: 57589
SecurityFocus: 39329 - RETIRED: Adobe Acrobat and Reader April 2010 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 25471 - [APSB10-09] Adobe Reader and Acrobat Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via a crafted PDF Document, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2010-0873

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/05/2026 01:15
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (77), 10/16/2018 09:02 (9), 07/18/2024 12:05 (24), 05/05/2026 01:15 (4)
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