Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2010-3619. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on 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-2010-2890, CVE-2010-3621, CVE-2010-3622, CVE-2010-3628, CVE-2010-3632, and CVE-2010-3658.

The weakness was shared 10/06/2010 by Tavis Ormandy with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-3619 since 09/28/2010. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly 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 43724†), Secunia (SA43025†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27445†). The entries VDB-4175, VDB-54940, VDB-54939 and VDB-54938 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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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09/13/2010 +4 days 🔍
09/28/2010 +15 days 🔍
10/05/2010 +7 days 🔍
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10/06/2010 +1 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1625 days 🔍
09/26/2021 +2383 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0743
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3619 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3619
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54924

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SecurityFocus: 43724 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2010-3619 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 43025
Vulnerability Center: 27445 - [APSB10-21] Adobe Acrobat and Reader Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2011-0191

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/26/2021 08:41
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (70), 10/16/2018 09:11 (11), 09/26/2021 08:41 (3)
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