Executive Summary

Summary
Title Sun Alert 240106 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the Adobe Reader may lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code and Overwrite Arbitrary Files
Informations
Name SUN-240106 First vendor Publication 2008-08-01
Vendor Sun Last vendor Modification 2008-09-11
Severity (Vendor) N/A 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

Product: Solaris 10 Operating System

Multiple security vulnerabilities in the Adobe Reader may allow remote unprivileged users to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the local user or create a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. In addition, Adobe Reader may give local users the ability to overwrite arbitrary files through the use of symbolic links.

These issues are described in the following documents:


State: Resolved
First released: 01-Aug-2008

Original Source

Url : http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/sun_alert_240106_multiple_security

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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 200803-26 (acroread)
File : nvt/glsa_200803_26.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...

42702 Adobe Reader for Linux acroread SSL Certificate Handling Symlink Arbitrary Fi...

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
2008-03-19 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200803-26.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-27 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_acroread-5041.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-27 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_acroread-5042.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO