Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2011-0587. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) 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 and Mac OS X allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0604.

The weakness was disclosed 02/10/2011 by Billy Rios with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-0587. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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 118995 (Red Hat Update for Acroread (RHSA-2011:0301)).

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 10967.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (51924), SecurityFocus (BID 46251†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29704†). The entries VDB-56469, VDB-56468, VDB-56467 and VDB-56466 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0
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01/20/2011 🔍
02/08/2011 +19 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0301
Researcher: Billy Rios
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0587 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0587
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56452

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X-Force: 65292
SecurityFocus: 46251 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2011-0587 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 43470
Vulnerability Center: 29704 - [APSB11-03] Adobe Acrobat and Reader prior to 9.4.2 and 10.0.1 XSS Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 10/16/2021 20:08
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (62), 03/15/2017 12:39 (12), 10/16/2021 19:53 (7), 10/16/2021 20:00 (1), 10/16/2021 20:08 (1)
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