Investintech SlimPDF Reader Investintech.com unspecified access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Investintech SlimPDF Reader. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function unspecified of the file Investintech.com. This manipulation causes access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-4220. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Investintech SlimPDF Reader (version unknown) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function unspecified of the file Investintech.com. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Investintech.com SlimPDF Reader does not properly restrict the arguments to unspecified function calls, 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 shared 11/01/2011 by Carlos Mario Penagos Hollmann as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-4220 since 11/01/2011. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/07/2024). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62625 (Investintech SlimPDF Reader < 1.0.1.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

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 databases at Tenable (62625), SecurityFocus (BID 49923†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36771†). The entries VDB-59272, VDB-59271, VDB-59270 and VDB-59268 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 62625
Nessus Name: Investintech SlimPDF Reader < 1.0.1.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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10/03/2011 🔍
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11/01/2011 +29 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Carlos Mario Penagos Hollmann
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-4220 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-4220
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59269
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SecurityFocus: 49923 - SlimPDF Reader Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 36771 - SlimPDF Reader Remote Denial of Service and Arbitrary Code Execution via a Crafted PDF File, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 08/07/2024 12:28
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (61), 04/19/2017 11:57 (7), 11/25/2021 01:39 (4), 06/18/2024 07:38 (15), 08/07/2024 12:28 (1)
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