Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 Protocol code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. This impacts an unknown function of the component Protocol Handler. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-0191. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Protocol Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.2, and 8.x before 8.2.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to a "prefix protocol handler vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 04/14/2010 by Billy Rios (TippingPoint) with Oulu University Secure Programming Group (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0191 since 01/05/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not 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 (57699), Tenable (45504), SecurityFocus (BID 39329†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25437†). The entries VDB-4108, VDB-52767, VDB-52766 and VDB-52765 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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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: 850132
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for acroread SUSE-SA:2010:022
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Billy Rios (TippingPoint)
Organization: Oulu University Secure Programming Group
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0191 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0191
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52754

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X-Force: 57699
SecurityFocus: 39329 - RETIRED: Adobe Acrobat and Reader April 2010 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 25437 - [APSB10-09] Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8-8.2.1 and 9-9.3.1 Prefix Protocol Handler Related Vulnerability, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2010-0873

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 10/16/2018 09:02
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (72), 10/16/2018 09:02 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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