Executive Summary

Summary
Title Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-200901-09 First vendor Publication 2009-01-13
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2009-01-13
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Adobe Reader is vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Adobe Reader (formerly Adobe Acrobat Reader) is a closed-source PDF reader.

Description

* An unspecified vulnerability can be triggered by a malformed PDF document, as demonstrated by 2008-HI2.pdf (CVE-2008-2549).

* Peter Vreugdenhil, Dyon Balding, Will Dormann, Damian Frizza, and Greg MacManus reported a stack-based buffer overflow in the util.printf JavaScript function that incorrectly handles the format string argument (CVE-2008-2992).

* Greg MacManus of iDefense Labs reported an array index error that can be leveraged for an out-of-bounds write, related to parsing of Type 1 fonts (CVE-2008-4812).

* Javier Vicente Vallejo and Peter Vregdenhil, via Zero Day Initiative, reported multiple unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-4813).

* Thomas Garnier of SkyRecon Systems reported an unspecified vulnerability in a JavaScript method, related to an "input validation issue" (CVE-2008-4814).

* Josh Bressers of Red Hat reported an untrusted search path vulnerability (CVE-2008-4815).

* Peter Vreugdenhil reported through iDefense that the Download Manager can trigger a heap corruption via calls to the AcroJS function (CVE-2008-4817).

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF document, and local attackers could entice a user to run acroread from an untrusted working directory. Both might result in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Adobe Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-8.1.3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-2549 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2549
[ 2 ] CVE-2008-2992 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2992
[ 3 ] CVE-2008-4812 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4812
[ 4 ] CVE-2008-4813 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4813
[ 5 ] CVE-2008-4814 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4814
[ 6 ] CVE-2008-4815 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4815
[ 7 ] CVE-2008-4817 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4817

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-09.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-09.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
17 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
17 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
17 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 96
Application 63

SAINT Exploits

Description Link
Adobe Acrobat util.printf JavaScript function buffer overflow More info here

ExploitDB Exploits

id Description
2008-11-05 Adobe Reader - util.printf() JavaScript Function Stack Overflow Exploit (2)

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-01-20 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200901-09 (acroread)
File : nvt/glsa_200901_09.nasl
2008-11-05 Name : Adobe Reader/Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities - Nov08 (Linux)
File : nvt/gb_adobe_prdts_mult_vuln_nov08_lin.nasl
2008-11-05 Name : Adobe Reader/Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities - Nov08 (Win)
File : nvt/gb_adobe_prdts_mult_vuln_nov08_win.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
50247 Adobe Reader / Acrobat Type 1 Font Handling Arbitrary Remote Code Execution

50246 Adobe Acrobat PDF File Multiple Object Handling Memory Corruption

50245 Adobe Reader / Acrobat Unspecified JavaScript Method Arbitrary Remote Code Ex...

50244 Adobe Reader / Acrobat on *nix Insecure RPATH Search Path Subversion Privileg...

49541 Adobe Acrobat / Reader Download Manager AcroJS Function Heap Corruption Arbit...

49520 Adobe Reader / Acrobat util.printf() Function Crafted PDF File Handling Overflow

A remote overflow exists in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. The document reader fails to properly bounds check input to the util.printf() javascript function resulting in a stack-based overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.
46211 Adobe Acrobat Reader Crafted PDF File Unspecified Remote DoS

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Multiple exploit kit Payload detection - readme.dll
RuleID : 27898 - Revision : 2 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Multiple exploit kit Payload detection - calc.dll
RuleID : 27897 - Revision : 2 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Multiple exploit kit Payload detection - contacts.dll
RuleID : 27896 - Revision : 2 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Multiple exploit kit Payload detection - info.dll
RuleID : 27895 - Revision : 2 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Multiple exploit kit Payload detection - about.dll
RuleID : 27894 - Revision : 2 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Teletubbies exploit kit payload download
RuleID : 27893 - Revision : 2 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Teletubbies exploit kit exploit attempt for Adobe Acrobat Reader
RuleID : 27892 - Revision : 2 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 iFramer toolkit injected iframe detected - specific structure
RuleID : 27271 - Revision : 3 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Adobe Acrobat Reader util.printf buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 27233 - Revision : 8 - Type : FILE-PDF
2014-01-10 Adobe Acrobat Reader util.printf buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 27232 - Revision : 8 - Type : FILE-PDF
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page retrieval
RuleID : 27072 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page retrieval
RuleID : 27071 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Multiple exploit kit Payload detection - info.dll
RuleID : 26508 - Revision : 3 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 exploit kit jar file downloaded
RuleID : 26434 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Nuclear exploit kit landing page
RuleID : 26343 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Nuclear exploit kit landing page - specific structure
RuleID : 26342 - Revision : 3 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Nuclear exploit kit landing page
RuleID : 26341 - Revision : 3 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page retrieval - ff.php
RuleID : 26339 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 IFRAMEr injection detection - leads to exploit kit
RuleID : 26338 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page - specific structure
RuleID : 26337 - Revision : 3 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page retrieval
RuleID : 26227 - Revision : 5 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Multiple exploit kit 32-alpha jar request
RuleID : 25798 - Revision : 10 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 exploit kit redirection successful
RuleID : 25611 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 exploit kit landing page
RuleID : 25569 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page retrieval
RuleID : 25568 - Revision : 6 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Multiple Exploit Kit Payload detection - setup.exe
RuleID : 25526 - Revision : 2 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 exploit kit redirection successful
RuleID : 25388 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Multiple exploit kit Payload detection - readme.exe
RuleID : 25387 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Multiple exploit kit Payload detection - about.exe
RuleID : 25386 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Multiple exploit kit Payload detection - calc.exe
RuleID : 25385 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Multiple exploit kit Payload detection - contacts.exe
RuleID : 25384 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Multiple exploit kit Payload detection - info.exe
RuleID : 25383 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Multiple exploit kit malicious jar file dropped
RuleID : 25382 - Revision : 5 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 exploit kit url structure detected
RuleID : 25043 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 exploit kit redirection successful
RuleID : 24638 - Revision : 6 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 exploit kit redirection page - specific structure
RuleID : 24637 - Revision : 6 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 exploit kit redirection page - specific structure
RuleID : 24636 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 exploit kit landing page download attempt
RuleID : 24608 - Revision : 6 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 exploit kit landing page received - specific structure
RuleID : 24593 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page download attempt
RuleID : 24548 - Revision : 5 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page download attempt
RuleID : 24547 - Revision : 5 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 exploit kit landing page download attempt
RuleID : 24546 - Revision : 6 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole admin page outbound access attempt
RuleID : 24544 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole admin page inbound access attempt
RuleID : 24543 - Revision : 4 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 exploit kit fallback executable download
RuleID : 24501 - Revision : 5 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole - Cookie Set
RuleID : 24475 - Revision : 3 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 exploit kit landing page Received
RuleID : 24228 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 - URI Structure
RuleID : 24227 - Revision : 9 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackholev2 exploit kit landing page received
RuleID : 24226 - Revision : 6 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole possible email Landing to 8 chr folder
RuleID : 24171 - Revision : 8 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific structure
RuleID : 24054 - Revision : 10 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific structure
RuleID : 24053 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific structure - fewbgazr catch
RuleID : 23962 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific structure - hwehes
RuleID : 23850 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole redirection attempt
RuleID : 23849 - Revision : 8 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole redirection attempt
RuleID : 23848 - Revision : 5 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole redirection page
RuleID : 23797 - Revision : 6 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific structure - Math.round catch
RuleID : 23786 - Revision : 9 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific structure - Math.floor catch
RuleID : 23785 - Revision : 9 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page
RuleID : 23781 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page request - tkr
RuleID : 23622 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific structure - prototype catch ...
RuleID : 23619 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page download attempt
RuleID : 23159 - Revision : 9 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific structure - prototype catch
RuleID : 23158 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Nuclear Pack exploit kit binary download
RuleID : 23157 - Revision : 10 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Nuclear Pack exploit kit landing page
RuleID : 23156 - Revision : 11 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole redirection attempt
RuleID : 22949 - Revision : 5 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole Exploit Kit javascript service method
RuleID : 22088 - Revision : 12 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole landing redirection page
RuleID : 22041 - Revision : 6 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole suspected landing page
RuleID : 22040 - Revision : 5 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole suspected landing page
RuleID : 22039 - Revision : 5 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit landing page with specific structure - Loading
RuleID : 21876 - Revision : 8 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Possible exploit kit post compromise activity - taskkill
RuleID : 21875 - Revision : 5 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Possible exploit kit post compromise activity - StrReverse
RuleID : 21874 - Revision : 5 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Phoenix exploit kit post-compromise behavior
RuleID : 21860 - Revision : 5 - Type : MALWARE-CNC
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific structure - catch
RuleID : 21661 - Revision : 8 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page Requested - /Index/index.php
RuleID : 21660 - Revision : 8 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page Requested - /Home/index.php
RuleID : 21659 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page
RuleID : 21658 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page - specific structure
RuleID : 21657 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific structure - prototype catch
RuleID : 21646-community - Revision : 16 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific structure - prototype catch
RuleID : 21646 - Revision : 16 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Phoenix exploit kit landing page
RuleID : 21640 - Revision : 6 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific structure - BBB
RuleID : 21581 - Revision : 9 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific header
RuleID : 21549 - Revision : 8 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific header
RuleID : 21539 - Revision : 8 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific structure - prototype catch
RuleID : 21492-community - Revision : 22 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page with specific structure - prototype catch
RuleID : 21492 - Revision : 22 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit JavaScript carat string splitting with hostile applet
RuleID : 21438-community - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit JavaScript carat string splitting with hostile applet
RuleID : 21438 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit URL - search.php?page=
RuleID : 21348 - Revision : 8 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit URL - .php?page=
RuleID : 21347 - Revision : 12 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit malicious jar download
RuleID : 21346 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit malicious jar request
RuleID : 21345 - Revision : 9 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit pdf download
RuleID : 21344 - Revision : 5 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit pdf request
RuleID : 21343 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit response
RuleID : 21259 - Revision : 5 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit control panel access
RuleID : 21141 - Revision : 7 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page
RuleID : 21045 - Revision : 6 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit landing page
RuleID : 21044 - Revision : 6 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit post-compromise download attempt - .php?e=
RuleID : 21043 - Revision : 10 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit post-compromise download attempt - .php?f=
RuleID : 21042 - Revision : 11 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Blackhole exploit kit URL - main.php?page=
RuleID : 21041 - Revision : 12 - Type : EXPLOIT-KIT
2014-01-10 Adobe Acrobat Reader util.printf buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 18596 - Revision : 14 - Type : FILE-PDF
2014-01-10 Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF font processing memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 15867 - Revision : 17 - Type : FILE-PDF
2014-01-10 Adobe Acrobat Reader util.printf buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 15014 - Revision : 15 - Type : FILE-PDF
2014-01-10 NOS Microsystems / Adobe getPlus Download Manager ActiveX clsid unicode access
RuleID : 15008 - Revision : 6 - Type : WEB-ACTIVEX
2014-01-10 NOS Microsystems / Adobe getPlus Download Manager ActiveX clsid access
RuleID : 15007 - Revision : 11 - Type : BROWSER-PLUGINS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-08-28 Name : The version of Adobe Acrobat on the remote Windows host is affected by multip...
File : adobe_acrobat_813.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0974.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_acroread-081107.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-01-14 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200901-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-24 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_acroread-5746.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-24 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_acroread-5749.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-04 Name : The PDF file viewer on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulner...
File : adobe_reader_813.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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