Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 8.2.4 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2010-3657. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on 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 via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3656.

The weakness was shared 10/06/2010 with Adobe (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-3657. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (49172), SecurityFocus (BID 43744†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27555†). The entries VDB-54940, VDB-54938, VDB-54937 and VDB-54936 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
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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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09/28/2010 🔍
10/05/2010 +7 days 🔍
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10/06/2010 +1 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1620 days 🔍
01/21/2025 +3596 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0743
Organization: Adobe
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-3657 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3657
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54939

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SecurityFocus: 43744 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2010-3657 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 41340
Vulnerability Center: 27555 - [APSB10-21] Adobe Reader and Acrobat Unspecified Vulnerability via Unspecified Vectors, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 01/21/2025 07:31
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (58), 03/07/2017 09:44 (9), 09/26/2021 09:47 (6), 09/26/2021 09:50 (2), 01/21/2025 07:31 (19)
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