Adobe Acrobat up to 10.0.3 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Adobe Acrobat. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2097. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat (Document Reader Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2094 and CVE-2011-2095.

The weakness was released 06/16/2011 with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-2097 since 05/13/2011. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (55143), SecurityFocus (BID 48244†), SecurityTracker (ID 1025658†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31788†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-57735, VDB-57734, VDB-57733 and VDB-57732. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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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
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-2097 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2097
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57706

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X-Force: 68011
SecurityFocus: 48244 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2011-2097 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1025658
Vulnerability Center: 31788 - [APSB11-16] Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/13/2021 08:19
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (72), 10/17/2018 08:53 (12), 11/13/2021 08:18 (3), 11/13/2021 08:19 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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