Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 AcroRd32.dll memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. The affected element is an unknown function in the library AcroRd32.dll. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-0567. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. 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 in the library AcroRd32.dll. 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:

AcroRd32.dll 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 and Mac OS X allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted image that triggers an incorrect pointer calculation, leading to heap memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0566 and CVE-2011-0603.

The weakness was disclosed 02/10/2011 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-0567. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51924 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.0.1 / 9.4.2 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-03)), 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 165553 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update acroread (SUSE-SA:2011:011)).

Upgrading to version 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (51924), SecurityFocus (BID 46199†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29693†). The entries VDB-4299, VDB-56469, VDB-56468 and VDB-56467 are pretty similar. 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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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 51924
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.0.1 / 9.4.2 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-03)
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OpenVAS ID: 801844
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities February-2011 (Windows)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0
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01/20/2011 🔍
02/08/2011 +19 days 🔍
02/09/2011 +1 days 🔍
02/10/2011 +1 days 🔍
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03/20/2015 +1499 days 🔍
10/16/2021 +2402 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0301
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0567 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0567
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56447

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SecurityFocus: 46199
Secunia: 43470
Vulnerability Center: 29693 - [APSB11-03] Adobe Acrobat and Reader AcroRd32.dll Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 10/16/2021 18:45
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (39), 08/10/2017 13:04 (23), 10/16/2021 18:31 (4), 10/16/2021 18:38 (7), 10/16/2021 18:45 (1)
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