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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.5.1/10.1.3 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-2049. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.5.1/10.1.3 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.2 and 10.x before 10.1.4 on Windows and Mac OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
The weakness was shared 08/14/2012 by Pavel Polischouk (Adobe) with TELUS Security Labs as APSB12-16 as confirmed bulletin (Website). The advisory is available at adobe.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2049 since 04/02/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61561 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.4 / 9.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-16)), 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 120295 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-16)).
Upgrading to version 9.5.2 or 10.1.4 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at get.adobe.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12567.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (61561), SecurityFocus (BID 54946†), OSVDB (84614†), Secunia (SA50281†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027386†). The entries VDB-5953, VDB-5955, VDB-5956 and VDB-5957 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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Website
- Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 61561
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.4 / 9.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-16)
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OpenVAS ID: 802937
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities - Mac OS X
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.5.2/10.1.4
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Timeline
04/02/2012 🔍08/09/2012 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: APSB12-16
Researcher: Pavel Polischouk (Adobe)
Organization: TELUS Security Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2049 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2049
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5954
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SecurityFocus: 54946 - RETIRED: Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB12-16 Advance Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 50281 - Adobe Reader / Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 84614
SecurityTracker: 1027386
Vulnerability Center: 35874 - [APSB12-16] Adobe Acrobat and Reader Unspecified Stack-Based Buffer-Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2012-2049), Critical
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 08/17/2012 11:49Updated: 10/14/2018 08:55
Changes: 08/17/2012 11:49 (88), 10/14/2018 08:55 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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