Adobe Illustrator up to 15.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Adobe Illustrator up to 15.0. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2042. Additionally, an exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Illustrator up to 15.0 (Image Processing Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Illustrator before CS6 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0780, CVE-2012-2023, CVE-2012-2024, CVE-2012-2025, and CVE-2012-2026.

The weakness was released 05/24/2012 by Felipe Andres Manzano with Georgia Tech Information Security Center (Website). The advisory is available at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-2042. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

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. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59179 (Adobe Illustrator CS5 / CS5.5 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB12-10)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading to version 11.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75873), Tenable (59179), SecurityFocus (BID 53422†), SecurityTracker (ID 1027047†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-39215†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-5374, VDB-5375, VDB-5376 and VDB-5377. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 59179
Nessus Name: Adobe Illustrator CS5 / CS5.5 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB12-10)
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OpenVAS ID: 802788
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Illustrator Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Illustrator 11.0

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03/23/2015 +705 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: Felipe Andres Manzano
Organization: Georgia Tech Information Security Center
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2042 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2042
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60826

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X-Force: 75873
SecurityFocus: 53422 - Adobe Illustrator APSB12-10 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1027047 - Adobe Illustrator Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 39215 - [APSB12-10] Adobe Illustrator Remote Code Execution via Unspecified Vectors (CVE-2012-2042), Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/02/2021 05:59
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (69), 04/27/2017 09:15 (12), 12/02/2021 05:46 (2), 12/02/2021 05:59 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:9ED:103

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