Adobe Acrobat up to 10.0.3 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Adobe Acrobat. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-2096. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat (Document Reader Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3, 9.x before 9.4.5, and 10.x before 10.1 on Windows and Mac OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 06/16/2011 by Tarjei Mandt with Norman (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-2096 since 05/13/2011. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55143 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.1 / 9.4.5 / 8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-16)), 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 119076 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Security Update (APSB11-16)).

Upgrading to version 9.4.4 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 11628.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (55143), SecurityFocus (BID 48243†), OSVDB (73057†), SecurityTracker (ID 1025658†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31785†). Similar entries are available at VDB-57735, VDB-57734, VDB-57733 and VDB-57732. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 55143
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.1 / 9.4.5 / 8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-16)
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OpenVAS ID: 802110
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple BOF Vulnerabilities June-2011 (Windows)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat 9.4.4
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Tarjei Mandt
Organization: Norman
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-2096 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2096
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57705

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X-Force: 68010
SecurityFocus: 48243 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2011-2096 Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 73057
SecurityTracker: 1025658
Vulnerability Center: 31785 - [APSB11-16] Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Remote Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/13/2021 08:13
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (73), 10/17/2018 08:52 (13), 11/13/2021 08:09 (3), 11/13/2021 08:13 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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