Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-2992 First vendor Publication 2008-11-04
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-30

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

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that calls the util.printf JavaScript function with a crafted format string argument, a related issue to CVE-2008-1104.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2992

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % 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
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.

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 util.printf buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 15014 - Revision : 15 - Type : FILE-PDF

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

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30035
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32091
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498027/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498032/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498055/100/0/threaded
CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html
CERT-VN http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/593409
CONFIRM http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
EXPLOIT-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6994
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7006
MISC http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/adobe-reader-buffer-overflow
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-072/
OSVDB http://osvdb.org/49520
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/29773
http://secunia.com/advisories/32700
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
http://secunia.com/advisories/35163
SREASON http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4549
SUNALERT http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098

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