Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Adobe Acrobat and Reader Vulnerabilities
Informations
Name TA09-161A First vendor Publication 2009-06-10
Vendor US-CERT Last vendor Modification 2009-06-10
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: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

Adobe has released Security Bulletin APSB09-07, which describes several buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

I. Description

Adobe Security Bulletin APSB09-07 describes several memory-corruption vulnerabilities that affect Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Some of these vulnerabilities occur when Adobe Reader and Acrobat handle files with specially crafted JBIG2 streams. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a user to load a specially crafted Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)
file. Acrobat integrates with popular web browsers, and visiting a website is usually sufficient to cause Acrobat to load PDF content.

II. Impact

An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.

III. Solution

Update

Adobe has released updates to address this issue. Users are encouraged to read Adobe Security Bulletin APSB09-07 and update vulnerable versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat.

Disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Disabling Javascript may prevent some exploits from resulting in code execution. Acrobat JavaScript can be disabled using the Preferences menu:

* Open the Edit menu.
* Select Preferences.
* Choose JavaScript.
* Un-check Enable Acrobat JavaScript.
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:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AcroExch.Document.7] "EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

Disable the display of PDF documents in the web browser

Preventing PDF documents from opening inside a web browser will partially mitigate this vulnerability. This workaround may also mitigate future vulnerabilities.

To prevent PDF documents from automatically being opened in a web browser, do the following:

* Open Adobe Acrobat Reader.
* Open the Edit menu.
* Choose the Preferences option.
* Choose the Internet section.
* Un-check the Display PDF in browser check box.
Do not access PDF documents from untrusted sources

Do not open unfamiliar or unexpected PDF documents, particularly those hosted on websites or delivered as email attachments. See Cyber Security Tip ST04-010.

Additional workarounds are available in Vulnerability Note VU#568153.

Original Source

Url : http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-161A.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
69 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
23 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
8 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 60
Application 23

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-09-09 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:014
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_014.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200907-06 (acroread)
File : nvt/glsa_200907_06.nasl
2009-07-06 Name : SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2009:035 (acroread)
File : nvt/suse_sa_2009_035.nasl
2009-07-06 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:012
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_012.nasl
2009-06-23 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1109
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1109.nasl
2009-06-16 Name : Adobe Reader Multiple BOF Vulnerabilities - Jun09 (Linux)
File : nvt/gb_adobe_prdts_mult_bof_vuln_jun09_lin.nasl
2009-06-16 Name : Adobe Reader/Acrobat Multiple BOF Vulnerabilities - Jun09 (Win)
File : nvt/gb_adobe_prdts_mult_bof_vuln_jun09_win.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
56118 Adobe Reader / Acrobat PDF File JPX (aka JPEG2000) Stream Handling Multiple O...

56117 Adobe Reader / Acrobat Unspecified Memory Corruption

56116 Adobe Reader / Acrobat JBIG2 Filter Unspecified Memory Corruption

56115 Adobe Reader / Acrobat JBIG2 Filter Unspecified Remote Overflow (2009-0512)

56114 Adobe Reader / Acrobat PDF File TrueType Font Handling Memory Corruption

56113 Adobe Reader / Acrobat PDF File FlateDecode Filter Parameter Handling Unspeci...

56112 Adobe Reader / Acrobat U3D Model Crafted Extension Block Handling Overflow

56111 Adobe Reader / Acrobat JBIG2 Filter Unspecified Remote Overflow (2009-0889)

56110 Adobe Reader / Acrobat JBIG2 Filter Unspecified Remote Overflow (2009-0888)

56109 Adobe Reader / Acrobat JBIG2 Filter Unspecified Remote Overflow (2009-0511)

56108 Adobe Reader / Acrobat JBIG2 Filter Unspecified Remote Overflow (2009-0510)

56107 Adobe Reader / Acrobat JBIG2 Filter Crafted File Handling Unspecified Overflow

56106 Adobe Reader / Acrobat JBIG2 Filter Huffman Encoded Text Region Segment Handl...

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2016-03-22 Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Reader U3D RHAdobeMeta buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 37712 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-PDF
2014-01-10 Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Reader U3D RHAdobeMeta buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 28626 - Revision : 8 - Type : FILE-PDF
2014-01-10 Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Reader U3D RHAdobeMeta buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 28303 - Revision : 7 - Type : FILE-PDF
2014-01-10 Adobe Acrobat Reader JPX malformed code-block width memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 25767 - Revision : 6 - Type : FILE-PDF
2014-01-10 Adobe Acrobat Reader FlateDecode integer overflow attempt
RuleID : 25588 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-PDF
2014-01-10 Adobe RoboHelp Server Arbitrary File Upload and Execute
RuleID : 17529 - Revision : 10 - Type : SERVER-WEBAPP
2014-01-10 Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Reader U3D RHAdobeMeta buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 17526 - Revision : 14 - Type : FILE-PDF
2014-01-10 Adobe Acrobat Reader FlateDecode integer overflow attempt
RuleID : 15709 - Revision : 19 - Type : FILE-PDF
2014-01-10 Adobe Acrobat Reader JPX malformed code-block width memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 15562 - Revision : 14 - 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-6331.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-27 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_acroread_ja-6398.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-06 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_acroread-6332.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_acroread-090701.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_acroread_ja-090806.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-28 Name : The version of Adobe Acrobat on the remote Windows host is affected by multip...
File : adobe_acrobat_912.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1109.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_acroread-090701.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_acroread-090701.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
2009-06-11 Name : The PDF file viewer on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulner...
File : adobe_reader_912.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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