Executive Summary
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Title | Adobe Reader and Acrobat font memory corruption vulnerability |
Informations | |||
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Name | VU#264729 | First vendor Publication | 2011-06-15 |
Vendor | VU-CERT | Last vendor Modification | 2011-06-15 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | M |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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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) | |||
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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
Vulnerability Note VU#264729Adobe Reader and Acrobat font memory corruption vulnerabilityOverviewAdobe Reader and Acrobat fail to properly handle font data, which could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.I. DescriptionA critical vulnerability exists in the font parsing code in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The vulnerability results in memory corruption, which could allow for the execution of arbitrary code.II. ImpactAn attacker may use a specifically crafted PDF document to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.III. SolutionApply an updateAdobe recommends all users upgrade to Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1, 9.4.5, or 8.3. APSB11-16 contains more details. Please also consider the following workarounds:
Prevent Internet Explorer from automatically opening PDF documents The installer for Adobe Reader and Acrobat configures Internet Explorer to automatically open PDF files without any user interaction. This behavior can be reverted to the safer option of prompting the user by importing the following as a .REG file:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTAcroExch.Document.7] "EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00 Preventing PDF documents from opening inside a web browser reduces attack surface. If this workaround is applied to updated versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat, it may protect against future vulnerabilities. To prevent PDF documents from automatically being opened in a web browser with Adobe Reader:
Vendor Information
Referenceshttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-16.html This vulnerability was reported by Will Dormann of the CERT/CC. This document was written by Will Dormann.
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Original Source
Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264729 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13960 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13960 | ||
Title: | Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3, 9.x before 9.4.5, and 10.x before 10.1 on Windows and Mac OS X allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted font data. | ||
Description: | Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3, 9.x before 9.4.5, and 10.x before 10.1 on Windows and Mac OS X allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted font data. | ||
Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
Reference(s): | CVE-2011-2105 | Version: | 13 |
Platform(s): | Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows 2000 | Product(s): | Adobe Acrobat Adobe Reader |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
Date | Description |
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2011-07-01 | Name : Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple BOF Vulnerabilities June-2011 (Windows) File : nvt/gb_adobe_prdts_mult_bof_vuln_jun11_win.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
Id | Description |
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73067 | Adobe Reader / Acrobat Font Handling Memory Corruption A memory corruption flaw exists in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The programs fail to sanitize user-supplied input resulting in memory corruption. With a specially crafted font, a context-dependent attacker can execute arbitrary code. |
Snort® IPS/IDS
Date | Description |
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2014-01-10 | Adobe Acrobat Reader CIDFont dictionary glyph width corruption attempt RuleID : 19251 - Revision : 12 - Type : FILE-PDF |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2011-11-09 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1434.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2011-06-24 | Name : The version of Adobe Reader on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by multip... File : macosx_adobe_reader_apsb11-16.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2011-06-15 | Name : The version of Adobe Acrobat on the remote Windows host is affected by multip... File : adobe_acrobat_apsb11-16.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2011-06-15 | Name : The version of Adobe Reader on the remote Windows host is affected by multipl... File : adobe_reader_apsb11-16.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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2014-02-17 12:07:40 |
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