Executive Summary

Summary
Title Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-200808-10 First vendor Publication 2008-08-09
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2008-08-09
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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Adobe Reader is vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code via a crafted PDF.

Background

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

Description

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory reported that input to an unspecified JavaScript method is not properly validated.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF document, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

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-8.1.2-r3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-2641 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2641

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-10.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-10.xml

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22594
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22594
Title: ELSA-2008:0641: acroread security update (Critical)
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0.9 and earlier, and 8.0 through 8.1.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, related to an "input validation issue in a JavaScript method."
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2008:0641-02
CVE-2008-0883
CVE-2008-2641
Version: 13
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): acroread
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 28
Application 32

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-10-04 Name : Adobe Reader/Acrobat JavaScript Method Handling Vulnerability (Linux)
File : nvt/gb_adobe_prdts_code_exec_vuln_lin.nasl
2008-10-01 Name : Adobe Reader/Acrobat JavaScript Method Handling Vulnerability (Windows)
File : nvt/gb_adobe_prdts_code_exec_vuln_win.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200808-10 (acroread)
File : nvt/glsa_200808_10.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
46548 Adobe Reader/Acrobat Unspecified JavaScript Method Handling Arbitrary Code Ex...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12211.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-28 Name : The version of Adobe Acrobat on the remote Windows host is affected by a Java...
File : adobe_acrobat_812_su1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0641.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_acroread-080722.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-11 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200808-10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-24 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_acroread-5466.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-24 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_acroread-5467.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-25 Name : The remote Windows host contains an application that allows remote code execu...
File : adobe_reader_812_su1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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