Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 untrusted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in untrusted search path. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2011-0562. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.2, and 8.x before 8.2.6 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0570 and CVE-2011-0588.

The weakness was disclosed 02/10/2011 by Mitja Kolsek with ACROS Security (Website). The advisory is available at adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-0562 since 01/19/2011. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1574 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 52161 (RHEL 4 / 5 / 6 : acroread (RHSA-2011:0301)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165553 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update acroread (SUSE-SA:2011:011)).

Upgrading to version 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10959.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (52161), SecurityFocus (BID 46252†), Secunia (SA43470†), SecurityTracker (ID 1025033†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29683†). The entries VDB-4299, VDB-56469, VDB-56468 and VDB-56467 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 52161
Nessus Name: RHEL 4 / 5 / 6 : acroread (RHSA-2011:0301)
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OpenVAS ID: 801844
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities February-2011 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0301
Researcher: Mitja Kolsek
Organization: ACROS Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-0562 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0562
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56442

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SecurityFocus: 46252 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2011-0562 DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 43470
SecurityTracker: 1025033
Vulnerability Center: 29683 - [APSB11-03] Adobe Acrobat and Reader prior to 9.4.2 and 10.0.1 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2011-0337

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 10/16/2021 17:54
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (72), 10/16/2018 09:14 (14), 10/16/2021 17:54 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:239:103

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