Adobe Illustrator up to 15.0 User Input Sanitizer Eingabe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Adobe Illustrator up to 15.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component User Input Sanitizer. The manipulation as part of Eingabe leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2012-2023. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Illustrator up to 15.0 (Image Processing Software). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component User Input Sanitizer. The manipulation as part of a Eingabe 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. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Illustrator before CS6 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0780, CVE-2012-2024, CVE-2012-2025, and CVE-2012-2026.

The weakness was published 05/08/2012 by Justin Kim with Microsoft Vulnerability Research as APSB12-10 as confirmed knowledge base article (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. The public release has been coordinated with Adobe. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-2023 since 04/02/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59179 (Adobe Illustrator CS5 / CS5.5 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB12-10)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading to version CS6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75446), Tenable (59179), SecurityFocus (BID 53422†), OSVDB (81755†) and Secunia (SA47118†). Similar entries are available at VDB-5374, VDB-5376, VDB-5377 and VDB-5378. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 59179
Nessus Name: Adobe Illustrator CS5 / CS5.5 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB12-10)
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OpenVAS ID: 802788
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Illustrator Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Illustrator CS6

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB12-10
Researcher: Justin Kim
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2023 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2023
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5375

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X-Force: 75446 - Adobe Illustrator unspecified code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 53422 - Adobe Illustrator APSB12-10 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 47118 - Adobe Illustrator Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 81755
SecurityTracker: 1027047 - Adobe Illustrator Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 35143 - [APSB12-10] Adobe Illustrator Before CS6 Remote Code Execution via Unspecified Vectors (CVE-2012-2023), Critical

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

Created: 05/15/2012 10:45
Updated: 03/24/2021 14:17
Changes: 05/15/2012 10:45 (86), 04/12/2017 16:14 (11), 03/24/2021 14:17 (4)
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