Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2010-2210. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect 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 or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1295, CVE-2010-2202, CVE-2010-2207, CVE-2010-2209, CVE-2010-2211, and CVE-2010-2212.

The weakness was disclosed 06/30/2010 by Tavis Ormandy with Google Security Team (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-2210 since 06/08/2010. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 41242†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024159†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26295†). The entries VDB-53889, VDB-53888, VDB-53886 and VDB-53885 are pretty similar. 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
Local: No
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: Tavis Ormandy
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2210 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2210
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53887

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SecurityFocus: 41242 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2010-2210 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 40034
SecurityTracker: 1024159
Vulnerability Center: 26295 - [APSB10-15] Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows and MacOS X Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-1636

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/19/2021 00:18
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (70), 10/16/2018 09:09 (14), 09/19/2021 00:18 (3)
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