Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2010-2890. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. 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. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4, and 8.x before 8.2.5 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-2010-3619, CVE-2010-3621, CVE-2010-3622, CVE-2010-3628, CVE-2010-3632, and CVE-2010-3658.

The weakness was disclosed 10/06/2010 by Tavis Ormandy with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-2890 since 07/27/2010. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49172 (Adobe Acrobat < 9.4 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-21)), 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 165612 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update acroread (SUSE-SA:2010:048)).

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 (49172), SecurityFocus (BID 43722†), Secunia (SA43025†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27444†). The entries VDB-4175, VDB-54940, VDB-54939 and VDB-54938 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 49172
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 9.4 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-21)
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OpenVAS ID: 801524
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities -Oct10 (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: RHSA-2010:0743
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2890 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2890
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54922

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SecurityFocus: 43722 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2010-2890 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 43025
Vulnerability Center: 27444 - [APSB10-21] Adobe Acrobat and Reader Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability via a Crafted PDF File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2011-0191

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/26/2021 08:35
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (70), 10/16/2018 09:11 (11), 09/26/2021 08:35 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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