Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 8.2.4 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2011-0604. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. 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. The summary by CVE is:

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-2011-0587.

The weakness was disclosed 02/10/2011 by Billy Rios with Google Security Team (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-0604. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 10989.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (51924), SecurityFocus (BID 46217†), SecurityTracker (ID 1025033†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29699†). The entries VDB-56469, VDB-56468, VDB-56466 and VDB-56465 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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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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02/10/2011 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0301
Researcher: Billy Rios
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-0604 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0604
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56467

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X-Force: 65307
SecurityFocus: 46217 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2011-0604 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 43470
SecurityTracker: 1025033
Vulnerability Center: 29699 - [APSB11-03] Adobe Acrobat and Reader Before 9.4.2 and 10.0.1 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium

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Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 04/06/2025 07:29
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (59), 03/15/2017 12:38 (12), 10/17/2021 01:21 (7), 10/17/2021 01:28 (1), 10/17/2021 01:36 (1), 01/18/2025 22:35 (19), 04/06/2025 07:29 (1)
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