Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.0 authplay.dll memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.0. Affected is an unknown function in the library authplay.dll. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2010-2884. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.0 (Document Reader Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality in the library authplay.dll. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Flash Player 10.1.82.76 and earlier on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and 10.1.92.10 on Android; authplay.dll in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4; and authplay.dll in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.2.5 on Windows and Mac OS X allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in September 2010.

The weakness was presented 09/15/2010 by Steven Adair (Shadow) (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-2884 since 07/27/2010. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75492 (openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2010:0647-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118492 (Google Chrome Flash Plugin Code Execution Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10479.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (61771), Zero-Day.cz (89), Tenable (75492), SecurityFocus (BID 43205†) and Secunia (SA41434†). See VDB-54940, VDB-54939, VDB-54938 and VDB-54937 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Status: Attacked

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Nessus ID: 75492
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2010:0647-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 68102
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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07/27/2010 🔍
09/13/2010 +48 days 🔍
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09/15/2010 +1 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +279 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0706
Researcher: Steven Adair (Shadow)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2884 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2884
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54713

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X-Force: 61771
SecurityFocus: 43205 - Adobe Flash Player CVE-2010-2884 Unspecified Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 41434
Vulnerability Center: 27122 - [APSA10-03, APSB10-21, APSB10-22] Adobe Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat Unspecified Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS or Code Execution, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2010-2348

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

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 01/26/2025 05:53
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (77), 10/16/2018 09:10 (12), 09/24/2021 22:37 (3), 07/17/2024 16:35 (23), 01/26/2025 05:53 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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