Adobe Acrobat up to 10.0.3 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2011-2105. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat (Document Reader Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing. 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. CVE summarizes:

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 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted font data.

The weakness was shared 06/16/2011 by Will Dormann with CERT (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-2105 since 05/13/2011. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12255.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (68019), Tenable (55143), SecurityFocus (BID 48248†), OSVDB (73067†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1025658†). The entries VDB-57735, VDB-57734, VDB-57733 and VDB-57732 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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: Will Dormann
Organization: CERT
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-2105 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2105
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57714

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X-Force: 68019
SecurityFocus: 48248 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader Font Parsing Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: 73067
SecurityTracker: 1025658
Vulnerability Center: 31819 - [APSB11-16] Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2011-2105), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/08/2024 21:18
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (75), 10/17/2018 08:55 (13), 12/08/2024 21:18 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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