Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2010-3623. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. 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 8.x before 8.2.5 and 9.x before 9.4 on Mac OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 10/06/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-3623. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49824 (SuSE 11.1 Security Update: acroread (2010-10-07)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (49824), SecurityFocus (BID 43731†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27454†). See VDB-4175, VDB-54940, VDB-54939 and VDB-54938 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 49824
Nessus Name: SuSE 11.1 Security Update: acroread (2010-10-07)
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OpenVAS ID: 850146
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for acroread SUSE-SA:2010:048
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0

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09/13/2010 🔍
09/28/2010 +14 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1625 days 🔍
09/26/2021 +2383 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3623 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3623
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54928

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SecurityFocus: 43731
Vulnerability Center: 27454 - [APSB10-21] Adobe Acrobat and Reader Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability via a Crafted PDF File, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/26/2021 09:12
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (38), 08/10/2017 13:04 (21), 09/26/2021 09:09 (2), 09/26/2021 09:11 (7), 09/26/2021 09:12 (1)
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