Adobe Acrobat up to 10.1 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Adobe Acrobat. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2439. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat (Document Reader Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3.1, 9.x before 9.4.6, and 10.x before 10.1.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to a "memory leakage condition vulnerability."

The weakness was released 09/15/2011 by James Quirk (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-2439 since 06/06/2011. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56197 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.1 / 9.4.6 / 8.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-21, APSB11-24)), 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 119594 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSB11-24)).

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 22168.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (56197), SecurityFocus (BID 49583†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33226†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4415, VDB-59957, VDB-58504 and VDB-58503. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 56197
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.1 / 9.4.6 / 8.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-21, APSB11-24)
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OpenVAS ID: 70746
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: acroread9
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat 9.4.4
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06/06/2011 🔍
09/13/2011 +99 days 🔍
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11/20/2021 +2434 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: James Quirk
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2439 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2439
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58501

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SecurityFocus: 49583 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2011-2439 Memory Leak Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 33226 - [APSB11-24] Adobe Acrobat and Reader Unspecified Memory Leak Vulnerability (CVE-2011-2439), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/20/2021 08:09
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (71), 10/17/2018 08:57 (9), 11/20/2021 08:09 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:5FD:103

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