Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-1306 - XXE vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
adobe
CWE-611
nessus

Summary

The Adobe Reader control in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0 and 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files via Javascript containing XML script, aka the "XML External Entity vulnerability."

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Adobe
4

Nessus

NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_02BC9B7CE01911D9A8BD000CF18BBE54.NASL
descriptionSverre H. Huseby discovered a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. Under certain circumstances, using XML scripts it is possible to discover the existence of local files.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id18820
published2005-07-13
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18820
titleFreeBSD : acroread -- XML External Entity vulnerability (02bc9b7c-e019-11d9-a8bd-000cf18bbe54)
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
# Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
# HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
# 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
#    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
#    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
# 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
#    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
#    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
#    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
#    distribution.
# 
# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
# OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
# BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(18820);
  script_version("1.19");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:36");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1306");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : acroread -- XML External Entity vulnerability (02bc9b7c-e019-11d9-a8bd-000cf18bbe54)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Sverre H. Huseby discovered a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe
Reader. Under certain circumstances, using XML scripts it is possible
to discover the existence of local files."
  );
  # http://shh.thathost.com/secadv/adobexxe/
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://shh.thathost.com/secadv/adobexxe/"
  );
  # http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331710.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331710.html"
  );
  # http://support.adobe.co.jp/faq/faq/qadoc.sv?226360+002+3
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.adobe.com/support/announcement/?226360+002+3"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/02bc9b7c-e019-11d9-a8bd-000cf18bbe54.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5ddc8311"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:acroread7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-acroread");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/06/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/06/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"acroread7>=7.0.0<7.0.1")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"ja-acroread>=7.0.0<7.0.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

Statements

contributorMark J Cox
lastmodified2006-08-30
organizationRed Hat
statementNot vulnerable. Adobe told us this issue did not affect the Linux version of Adobe Reader.