Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 2d.dll input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. This impacts an unknown function in the library 2d.dll. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-0596. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing in the library 2d.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Bitmap parsing component in 2d.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 via an image with crafted (1) height and (2) width values for an RLE_8 compressed bitmap, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0598, CVE-2011-0599, and CVE-2011-0602.

The weakness was released 02/10/2011 by Peter Vreugdenhil (TippingPoint) with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-0596 since 01/19/2011. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 and running in the context l. 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. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10835.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (51924), SecurityFocus (BID 46218†), Secunia (SA43470†), SecurityTracker (ID 1025033†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29719†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-56469, VDB-56468, VDB-56467 and VDB-56466. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0301
Researcher: Peter Vreugdenhil (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-0596 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0596
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56461

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SecurityFocus: 46218 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader RLE_8 Decompressed Bitmap Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 43470
SecurityTracker: 1025033
Vulnerability Center: 29719 - [APSB11-03] Adobe Acrobat and Reader Bitmap Parsing Component 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 23:26
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (73), 10/17/2018 08:50 (16), 10/16/2021 23:26 (3)
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