VDB-59267 · CVE-2011-4218 · VU#275036

Investintech SlimPDF Reader Investintech.com resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Investintech SlimPDF Reader. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file Investintech.com. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-4218. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Investintech SlimPDF Reader (unknown version). This issue affects an unknown code block of the file Investintech.com. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Investintech.com SlimPDF Reader does not prevent faulting-instruction data from affecting write operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document.

The weakness was disclosed 11/01/2011 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-4218 since 11/01/2011. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/02/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (71098). The entries VDB-59272, VDB-59271, VDB-59270 and VDB-59269 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Investintech

Name

SlimPDF Reader

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 10.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 10.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 802506
OpenVAS Name: Investintech Products Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

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03/23/2015 +1238 days 🔍
12/02/2024 +3542 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-4218 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-4218
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59267
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X-Force: 71098

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/02/2024 03:54
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (46), 03/27/2019 15:51 (6), 12/02/2024 03:54 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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