Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-2549 - Remote Denial Of Service vulnerability in Adobe Reader
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF document, as demonstrated by 2008-HI2.pdf.
Vulnerable Configurations
Exploit-Db
| description | Adobe Acrobat Reader. CVE-2008-2549. Dos exploit for windows platform |
| file | exploits/windows/dos/5687.txt |
| id | EDB-ID:5687 |
| last seen | 2016-01-31 |
| modified | 2008-05-29 |
| platform | windows |
| port | |
| published | 2008-05-29 |
| reporter | securfrog |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/5687/ |
| title | Adobe Acrobat Reader <= 8.1.2 - Malformed PDF Remote DoS PoC |
| type | dos |
Nessus
NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2008-0974.NASL description Updated acroread packages that fix various security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document Format (PDF). Several input validation flaws were discovered in Adobe Reader. A malicious PDF file could cause Adobe Reader to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Adobe Reader. (CVE-2008-2549, CVE-2008-2992, CVE-2008-4812, CVE-2008-4813, CVE-2008-4814, CVE-2008-4817) The Adobe Reader binary had an insecure relative RPATH (runtime library search path) set in the ELF (Executable and Linking Format) header. A local attacker able to convince another user to run Adobe Reader in an attacker-controlled directory could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the victim. (CVE-2008-4815) All acroread users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, that contain Adobe Reader version 8.1.3, and are not vulnerable to these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40730 published 2009-08-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40730 title RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : acroread (RHSA-2008:0974) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_ACROREAD-5746.NASL description The acroread package was update to fix several security vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine. (CVE-2008-2992 / CVE-2008-2549 / CVE-2008-4812 / CVE-2008-4813 / CVE-2008-4817 / CVE-2008-4816 / CVE-2008-4814 / CVE-2008-4815) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34942 published 2008-11-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34942 title SuSE 10 Security Update : Acrobat Reader (ZYPP Patch Number 5746) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_0_ACROREAD-081107.NASL description The acroread package was update to fix several security vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine. (CVE-2008-2992, CVE-2008-2549, CVE-2008-4812, CVE-2008-4813, CVE-2008-4817, CVE-2008-4816, CVE-2008-4814, CVE-2008-4815) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 39905 published 2009-07-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/39905 title openSUSE Security Update : acroread (acroread-295) NASL family Windows NASL id ADOBE_ACROBAT_813.NASL description The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote host is earlier than 9.0 / 8.1.3. Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - There is a published denial of service issue. (CVE-2008-2549) - A stack-based buffer overflow when parsing format strings containing a floating point specifier in the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40802 published 2009-08-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40802 title Adobe Acrobat < 8.1.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family Windows NASL id ADOBE_READER_813.NASL description The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote host is earlier than 8.1.3. Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - There is a publicly-published denial of service issue (CVE-2008-2549). - A stack-based buffer overflow when parsing format strings containing a floating point specifier in the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34695 published 2008-11-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34695 title Adobe Reader < 8.1.3 / 9.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_ACROREAD-5749.NASL description The acroread package was update to fix several security vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine. (CVE-2008-2992, CVE-2008-2549, CVE-2008-4812, CVE-2008-4813, CVE-2008-4817, CVE-2008-4816, CVE-2008-4814, CVE-2008-4815) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34943 published 2008-11-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34943 title openSUSE 10 Security Update : acroread (acroread-5749) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200901-09.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200901-09 (Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code) An unspecified vulnerability can be triggered by a malformed PDF document, as demonstrated by 2008-HI2.pdf (CVE-2008-2549). Peter Vreugdenhil, Dyon Balding, Will Dormann, Damian Frizza, and Greg MacManus reported a stack-based buffer overflow in the util.printf JavaScript function that incorrectly handles the format string argument (CVE-2008-2992). Greg MacManus of iDefense Labs reported an array index error that can be leveraged for an out-of-bounds write, related to parsing of Type 1 fonts (CVE-2008-4812). Javier Vicente Vallejo and Peter Vregdenhil, via Zero Day Initiative, reported multiple unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-4813). Thomas Garnier of SkyRecon Systems reported an unspecified vulnerability in a JavaScript method, related to an last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35367 published 2009-01-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35367 title GLSA-200901-09 : Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
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References
- http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32700
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35163
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29420
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42886
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5687