Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-2984 - Remote vulnerability in RETIRED: Adobe Reader and Acrobat October 2009

CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

MEDIUM

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

COMPLETE

Integrity impact

COMPLETE

Availability impact

COMPLETE

network

adobe

critical

nessus

NVD

Published: 2009-10-19

Updated: 2018-10-30

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the image decoder in Adobe Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 and 8.x through 8.1.7, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. Per: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html This update resolves an image decoder issue that leads to a Denial of Service (DoS); arbitrary code execution has not been demonstrated, but may be possible. This issue is specific to Acrobat and does not affect Adobe Reader. (CVE-2009-2984). NOTE: this issue is resolved in the Acrobat 9.2 update. Per: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html Solution Acrobat Acrobat Standard and Pro users on Windows can find the appropriate update here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows. Acrobat Pro Extended users on Windows can find the appropriate update here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=158&platform=Windows Acrobat 3D users on Windows can find the appropriate update here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=112&platform=Windows. Acrobat Pro users on Macintosh can find the appropriate update here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Macintosh.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Adobe Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.1 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.2 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.3 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.4 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.5 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.6 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.7 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.8 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.9 Adobe Acrobat 7.1.0 Adobe Acrobat 7.1.1 Adobe Acrobat 7.1.3 Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Adobe Acrobat 8.1 Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1 Adobe Acrobat 8.1.2 Adobe Acrobat 8.1.3 Adobe Acrobat 8.1.4 Adobe Acrobat 8.1.6 Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Adobe Acrobat 9.1.1 Adobe Acrobat 9.1.2 Adobe Acrobat - Adobe Acrobat 1.0 Adobe Acrobat 2.0 Adobe Acrobat 3.0 Adobe Acrobat 3.1 Adobe Acrobat 4.0 Adobe Acrobat 4.0.5 Adobe Acrobat 4.0.5A Adobe Acrobat 4.0.5C Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Adobe Acrobat 5.0.5 Adobe Acrobat 5.0.6 Adobe Acrobat 5.0.10 Adobe Acrobat 5.1 Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Adobe Acrobat 6.0.1 Adobe Acrobat 6.0.2 Adobe Acrobat 6.0.3 Adobe Acrobat 6.0.4 Adobe Acrobat 6.0.5 Adobe Acrobat 6.0.6 Adobe Acrobat 7 Adobe Acrobat 7.1.2 Adobe Acrobat 7.1.4 Adobe Acrobat 8 Adobe Acrobat 8.0.0 Adobe Acrobat 8.1.5 Adobe Acrobat 8.1.7 Adobe Acrobat 8.2 Adobe Acrobat 8.2.1 Adobe Acrobat 8.2.2 Adobe Acrobat 8.2.3 Adobe Acrobat 8.2.4 Adobe Acrobat 8.2.5 Adobe Acrobat 8.2.6 Adobe Acrobat 8.3 Adobe Acrobat 8.3.1 Adobe Acrobat 9 Adobe Acrobat 9.1 Adobe Acrobat 9.1.3 Adobe Acrobat _Reader9.5.3	85

Nessus

NASL family	Windows
NASL id	ADOBE_ACROBAT_APSB09-15.NASL
description	The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote host is earlier than 9.2 / 8.1.7 / 7.1.4. Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A heap overflow vulnerability. (CVE-2009-3459) - A memory corruption issue. (CVE-2009-2985) - Multiple heap overflow vulnerabilities. (CVE-2009-2986) - An invalid array index issue that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2009-2990) - Multiple input validation vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2009-2993) - A buffer overflow issue. (CVE-2009-2994) - A heap overflow vulnerability. (CVE-2009-2997) - An input validation issue that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2009-2998) - An input validation issue that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2009-3458) - A memory corruption issue. (CVE-2009-3460) - An issue that could allow a malicious user to bypass file extension security controls. (CVE-2009-3461) - An integer overflow vulnerability. (CVE-2009-2989) - A memory corruption issue that leads to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-2983) - An integer overflow that leads to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-2980) - A memory corruption issue that leads to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-2996) - An image decoder issue that leads to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-2984) - An input validation issue that could lead to a bypass of Trust Manager restrictions. (CVE-2009-2981) - A certificate is used that, if compromised, could be used in a social engineering attack. (CVE-2009-2982) - A stack overflow issue that could lead to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-3431) - A XMP-XML entity expansion issue that could lead to a denial of service attack. (CVE-2009-2979) - A remote denial of service issue in the ActiveX control. (CVE-2009-2987) - An input validation issue. (CVE-2009-2988) - An input validation issue specific to the ActiveX control. (CVE-2009-2992) - A cross-site scripting issue when the browser plugin in used with Google Chrome and Opera browsers. (CVE-2007-0048, CVE-2007-0045)
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	42119
published	2009-10-14
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/42119
title	Adobe Acrobat < 9.2 / 8.1.7 / 7.1.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB09-15)

Oval

accepted

2013-08-12T04:09:13.377-04:00

class

vulnerability

contributors

name Chandan S
organization SecPod Technologies
name Benjamin Marandel
organization Marandel.net
name Shane Shaffer
organization G2, Inc.
name Shane Shaffer
organization G2, Inc.
name Sergey Artykhov
organization ALTX-SOFT
name Sergey Artykhov
organization ALTX-SOFT
name Sergey Artykhov
organization ALTX-SOFT
name Shane Shaffer
organization G2, Inc.
name Maria Kedovskaya
organization ALTX-SOFT
name Maria Kedovskaya
organization ALTX-SOFT
name Maria Kedovskaya
organization ALTX-SOFT
name Maria Kedovskaya
organization ALTX-SOFT

definition_extensions

comment Adobe Reader 7 Series is installed
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6377
comment Adobe Reader 8 Series is installed
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6390
comment Adobe Reader 9 Series is installed
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6523
comment Adobe Acrobat 7 Series is installed
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6213
comment Adobe Acrobat 8 Series is installed
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6452
comment Adobe Acrobat 9 Series is installed
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6013

description

family

windows

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5523

status

accepted

submitted

2009-10-23T03:25:55

title

Adobe Reader and Acrobat cause denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors

version

Saint

bid	36638
description	Adobe Acrobat Reader U3D CLODMeshContinuation Code Execution
id	misc_acroread
osvdb	58926
title	adobe_reader_u3d_clodmeshdeclaration
type	client

Summary

Vulnerable Configurations

Nessus

Oval

Saint

References