Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 8.2.4 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2010-3632. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. 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. The summary by CVE is:

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-2010-3619, CVE-2010-3621, CVE-2010-3622, CVE-2010-3628, and CVE-2010-3658.

The weakness was disclosed 10/06/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-3632. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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. 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10538.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (49172), SecurityFocus (BID 43735†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27455†). The entries VDB-54940, VDB-54939, VDB-54938 and VDB-54936 are pretty similar. 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
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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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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Timelineinfo

09/13/2010 🔍
09/28/2010 +14 days 🔍
10/06/2010 +8 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1625 days 🔍
01/21/2025 +3596 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0743
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-3632 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3632
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54937

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SecurityFocus: 43735
Secunia: 41340
Vulnerability Center: 27455 - [APSB10-21] Adobe Acrobat and Reader Allows Remote Memory Corruption via a Crafted PDF File, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 01/21/2025 07:30
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (38), 04/20/2016 12:52 (20), 09/26/2021 09:38 (5), 09/26/2021 09:42 (7), 09/26/2021 09:43 (2), 01/21/2025 07:30 (19)
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Cache ID: 216:B0E:103

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