Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2009-1493 | First vendor Publication | 2009-04-30 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-11-21 |
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:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 6.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| The customDictionaryOpen spell method in the JavaScript API in Adobe Reader 9.1, 8.1.4, 7.1.1, and earlier on Linux and UNIX allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that triggers a call to this method with a long string in the second argument. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1493 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22282 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22282 | ||
| Title: | ELSA-2009:0478: acroread security update (Critical) | ||
| Description: | The customDictionaryOpen spell method in the JavaScript API in Adobe Reader 9.1, 8.1.4, 7.1.1, and earlier on Linux and UNIX allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that triggers a call to this method with a long string in the second argument. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | ELSA-2009:0478-01 CVE-2009-1492 CVE-2009-1493 | Version: | 13 |
| Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | acroread |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
SAINT Exploits
| Description | Link |
|---|---|
| Adobe Reader Javascript API spell.customDictonaryOpen memory corruption | More info here |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-10-13 | Name : Solaris Update for Adobe Acrobat Reader 121104-10 File : nvt/gb_solaris_121104_10.nasl |
| 2009-07-29 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200907-06 (acroread) File : nvt/glsa_200907_06.nasl |
| 2009-06-15 | Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:011 File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_011.nasl |
| 2009-05-25 | Name : SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2009:027 (acroread) File : nvt/suse_sa_2009_027.nasl |
| 2009-05-20 | Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0478 File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0478.nasl |
| 2009-05-11 | Name : Adobe Reader Denial of Service Vulnerability (May09) File : nvt/gb_adobe_reader_dos_vuln_may09_lin.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 54129 | Adobe Reader customDictionaryOpen() JavaScript Method PDF Handling Memory Cor... |
Snort® IPS/IDS
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-01-10 | Adobe Acrobat Reader spell.customDictionaryOpen exploit attempt RuleID : 23500 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-PDF |
| 2014-01-10 | Adobe Acrobat Reader spell.customDictionaryOpen exploit attempt RuleID : 15492 - Revision : 15 - Type : FILE-PDF |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2011-01-27 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_acroread-6260.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2011-01-27 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_acroread_ja-6264.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-09-24 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_acroread-090519.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-09-24 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_acroread_ja-090519.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-08-28 | Name : The version of Adobe Acrobat on the remote Windows host is affected by a memo... File : adobe_acrobat_911.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-08-24 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0478.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-07-21 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_acroread-090519.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-07-21 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_1_acroread-090519.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-07-13 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200907-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-05-22 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_acroread-6258.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-05-13 | Name : The PDF file viewer on the remote Windows host is affected by a memory corrup... File : adobe_reader_911.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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| 2024-11-28 23:11:24 |
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| 2014-02-17 10:49:52 |
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