Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2010-1285. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. 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 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified manipulations involving the newclass (0x58) operator and an "invalid pointer vulnerability" that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2168 and CVE-2010-2201.

The weakness was presented 06/30/2010 by Nicolas Joly with VUPEN (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-1285 since 04/06/2010. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 47164 (Adobe Acrobat < 9.3.3 / 8.2.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-15)), 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 165597 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Acrobat Reader (SUSE-SA:2010:029)).

Upgrading to version 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (47164), SecurityFocus (BID 41232†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024159†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26306†). See VDB-53889, VDB-53888, VDB-53887 and VDB-53886 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 47164
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 9.3.3 / 8.2.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-15)
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OpenVAS ID: 801365
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities -July10 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Nicolas Joly
Organization: VUPEN
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-1285 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1285
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53873

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SecurityFocus: 41232 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader 'newclass' Flash Content Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 40034
SecurityTracker: 1024159
Vulnerability Center: 26306 - [APSB10-15] Adobe Reader and Acrobat on MacOS X and Windows newclass Flash Remote Invalid Pointer Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-1636

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/18/2021 20:57
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (71), 10/16/2018 09:06 (14), 09/18/2021 20:57 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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