Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-3630. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4, and 8.x before 8.2.5 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was published 10/06/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-3630 since 09/28/2010. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 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 43057†), Secunia (SA43025†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27553†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4175, VDB-54940, VDB-54939 and VDB-54938. 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: 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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0

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09/09/2010 🔍
09/28/2010 +19 days 🔍
10/05/2010 +7 days 🔍
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10/06/2010 +1 days 🔍
10/06/2010 +0 days 🔍
10/11/2010 +4 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1620 days 🔍
09/26/2021 +2383 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0743
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3630 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3630
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54935

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SecurityFocus: 43057
Secunia: 43025
Vulnerability Center: 27553 - [APSB10-21] Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability via Unknown Vectors, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2011-0191

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/26/2021 09:35
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (67), 10/16/2018 09:13 (6), 09/26/2021 09:35 (3)
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