Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-2431 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3.1, 9.x before 9.4.6, and 10.x before 10.1.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to a "security bypass vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Accessing, Modifying or Executing Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's configuration that allows an attacker to either directly access an executable file, for example through shell access; or in a possible worst case allows an attacker to upload a file and then execute it. Web servers, ftp servers, and message oriented middleware systems which have many integration points are particularly vulnerable, because both the programmers and the administrators must be in synch regarding the interfaces and the correct privileges for each interface.
- Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's trust in configuration and resource files, when the executable loads the resource (such as an image file or configuration file) the attacker has modified the file to either execute malicious code directly or manipulate the target process (e.g. application server) to execute based on the malicious configuration parameters. Since systems are increasingly interrelated mashing up resources from local and remote sources the possibility of this attack occurring is high. The attack can be directed at a client system, such as causing buffer overrun through loading seemingly benign image files, as in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028 where specially crafted JPEG files could cause a buffer overrun once loaded into the browser. Another example targets clients reading pdf files. In this case the attacker simply appends javascript to the end of a legitimate url for a pdf (http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/) http://path/to/pdf/file.pdf#whatever_name_you_want=javascript:your_code_here The client assumes that they are reading a pdf, but the attacker has modified the resource and loaded executable javascript into the client's browser process. The attack can also target server processes. The attacker edits the resource or configuration file, for example a web.xml file used to configure security permissions for a J2EE app server, adding role name "public" grants all users with the public role the ability to use the administration functionality. The server trusts its configuration file to be correct, but when they are manipulated, the attacker gains full control.
- Blue Boxing This type of attack against older telephone switches and trunks has been around for decades. A tone is sent by an adversary to impersonate a supervisor signal which has the effect of rerouting or usurping command of the line. While the US infrastructure proper may not contain widespread vulnerabilities to this type of attack, many companies are connected globally through call centers and business process outsourcing. These international systems may be operated in countries which have not upgraded Telco infrastructure and so are vulnerable to Blue boxing. Blue boxing is a result of failure on the part of the system to enforce strong authorization for administrative functions. While the infrastructure is different than standard current applications like web applications, there are historical lessons to be learned to upgrade the access control for administrative functions.
- Restful Privilege Elevation Rest uses standard HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permissions methods, but these are not necessarily correlated generally with back end programs. Strict interpretation of HTTP get methods means that these HTTP Get services should not be used to delete information on the server, but there is no access control mechanism to back up this logic. This means that unless the services are properly ACL'd and the application's service implementation are following these guidelines then an HTTP request can easily execute a delete or update on the server side. The attacker identifies a HTTP Get URL such as http://victimsite/updateOrder, which calls out to a program to update orders on a database or other resource. The URL is not idempotent so the request can be submitted multiple times by the attacker, additionally, the attacker may be able to exploit the URL published as a Get method that actually performs updates (instead of merely retrieving data). This may result in malicious or inadvertent altering of data on the server.
- Target Programs with Elevated Privileges This attack targets programs running with elevated privileges. The attacker would try to leverage a bug in the running program and get arbitrary code to execute with elevated privileges. For instance an attacker would look for programs that write to the system directories or registry keys (such as HKLM, which stores a number of critical Windows environment variables). These programs are typically running with elevated privileges and have usually not been designed with security in mind. Such programs are excellent exploit targets because they yield lots of power when they break. The malicious user try to execute its code at the same level as a privileged system call.
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_ACROREAD-111111.NASL description acrobat reader was updated to version 9.4.6 to fix several security issues. (CVE-2011-1353 / CVE-2011-2431 / CVE-2011-2432 / CVE-2011-2433 / CVE-2011-2434 / CVE-2011-2435 / CVE-2011-2436 / CVE-2011-2437 / CVE-2011-2438 / CVE-2011-2439 / CVE-2011-2440 / CVE-2011-2441 / CVE-2011-2442) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 57087 published 2011-12-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57087 title SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Acrobat Reader (SAT Patch Number 5412) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_4_ACROREAD-111111.NASL description acrobat reader was updated to version 9.4.6 to fix several security issues (CVE-2011-1353, CVE-2011-2431, CVE-2011-2432, CVE-2011-2433, CVE-2011-2434, CVE-2011-2435, CVE-2011-2436, CVE-2011-2437, CVE-2011-2438, CVE-2011-2439, CVE-2011-2440, CVE-2011-2441, CVE-2011-2442) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 75783 published 2014-06-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/75783 title openSUSE Security Update : acroread (openSUSE-SU-2011:1238-1) NASL family Windows NASL id ADOBE_READER_APSB11-24.NASL description The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote Windows host is earlier than 10.1.1 / 9.4.6 / 8.3.1. It is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An unspecified error exists that allows local privilege escalation attacks. (CVE-2011-1353) - An unspecified error exists that can allow an attacker to bypass security leading to code execution. (CVE-2011-2431) - Several errors exist that allow buffer overflows leading to code execution. (CVE-2011-2432, CVE-2011-2435) - Several errors exist that allow heap overflows leading to code execution. (CVE-2011-2433, CVE-2011-2434, CVE-2011-2436, CVE-2011-2437) - Several errors exist that allow stack overflows leading to code execution. (CVE-2011-2438) - An error exists that can allow memory leaks leading to code execution. (CVE-2011-2439) - A use-after-free error exists that can allow code exection. (CVE-2011-2440) - Several errors exist in the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 56198 published 2011-09-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56198 title Adobe Reader < 10.1.1 / 9.4.6 / 8.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-21, APSB11-24) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_FA2F386F481411E189B4001EC9578670.NASL description The Adobe Security Team reports : An unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (or cause a denial of service attack) via unknown vectors. A heap-based buffer overflow allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 57705 published 2012-01-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57705 title FreeBSD : acroread9 -- Multiple Vulnerabilities (fa2f386f-4814-11e1-89b4-001ec9578670) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2011-1434.NASL description Updated acroread packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. Adobe Reader allows users to view and print documents in Portable Document Format (PDF). This update fixes multiple security flaws in Adobe Reader. These flaws are detailed on the Adobe security page APSB11-24, listed in the References section. A specially crafted PDF file could cause Adobe Reader to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Adobe Reader when opened. (CVE-2011-2431, CVE-2011-2432, CVE-2011-2433, CVE-2011-2434, CVE-2011-2435, CVE-2011-2436, CVE-2011-2437, CVE-2011-2438, CVE-2011-2439, CVE-2011-2440, CVE-2011-2442) This update also fixes multiple security flaws in Adobe Flash Player embedded in Adobe Reader. These flaws are detailed on the Adobe security pages APSB11-21 and APSB11-26, listed in the References section. A PDF file with an embedded, specially crafted SWF file could cause Adobe Reader to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Adobe Reader when opened. (CVE-2011-2130, CVE-2011-2134, CVE-2011-2135, CVE-2011-2136, CVE-2011-2137, CVE-2011-2138, CVE-2011-2139, CVE-2011-2140, CVE-2011-2414, CVE-2011-2415, CVE-2011-2416, CVE-2011-2417, CVE-2011-2424, CVE-2011-2425, CVE-2011-2426, CVE-2011-2427, CVE-2011-2428, CVE-2011-2430) A flaw in Adobe Flash Player could allow an attacker to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks if a victim were tricked into visiting a specially crafted web page. (CVE-2011-2444) This update also fixes an information disclosure flaw in Adobe Flash Player. (CVE-2011-2429) All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain Adobe Reader version 9.4.6, which is not vulnerable to these issues. All running instances of Adobe Reader must be restarted for the update to take effect. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 56740 published 2011-11-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56740 title RHEL 4 / 5 / 6 : acroread (RHSA-2011:1434) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201201-19.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201201-19 (Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Reader. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF file using Adobe Reader, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code, a Denial of Service, or other impact. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 57745 published 2012-01-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57745 title GLSA-201201-19 : Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_3_ACROREAD-111111.NASL description acrobat reader was updated to version 9.4.6 to fix several security issues (CVE-2011-1353, CVE-2011-2431, CVE-2011-2432, CVE-2011-2433, CVE-2011-2434, CVE-2011-2435, CVE-2011-2436, CVE-2011-2437, CVE-2011-2438, CVE-2011-2439, CVE-2011-2440, CVE-2011-2441, CVE-2011-2442) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 75422 published 2014-06-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/75422 title openSUSE Security Update : acroread (openSUSE-SU-2011:1238-1) NASL family Windows NASL id ADOBE_ACROBAT_APSB11-24.NASL description The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote host is earlier than 10.1.1 / 9.4.6 / 8.3.1. It is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An unspecified error exists that can allow an attacker to bypass security leading to code execution. (CVE-2011-2431) - Several errors exist that allow buffer overflows leading to code execution. (CVE-2011-2432, CVE-2011-2435) - Several errors exist that allow heap overflows leading to code execution. (CVE-2011-2433, CVE-2011-2434, CVE-2011-2436, CVE-2011-2437) - Several errors exist that allow stack overflows leading to code execution. (CVE-2011-2438) - An error exists that can allow memory leaks leading to code execution. (CVE-2011-2439) - A use-after-free error exists that can allow code exection. (CVE-2011-2440) - Several errors exist in the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 56197 published 2011-09-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56197 title Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.1 / 9.4.6 / 8.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-21, APSB11-24) NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_ADOBE_READER_APSB11-24.NASL description The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 10.1.1, 9.4.6, or 8.3.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An unspecified error exists that allows an attacker to bypass security restrictions, resulting in code execution. (CVE-2011-2431) - Multiple buffer overflow conditions exists that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-2432, CVE-2011-2435) - Multiple heap overflow conditions exist that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-2433, CVE-2011-2434, CVE-2011-2436, CVE-2011-2437) - Multiple stack overflow conditions exist that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-2438) - An error exists related to memory leak issues that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-2439) - A use-after-free error exists that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-2440) - Multiple errors exist in the CoolType.dll library that can allow stack overflow conditions, resulting in code execution. (CVE-2011-2441) - A logic error exists that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-2442) - Multiple vulnerabilities exist, as noted in APSB11-21, that can allow an attacker to take control of the affected system or cause the application to crash. (CVE-2011-2130, CVE-2011-2134, CVE-2011-2135, CVE-2011-2136, CVE-2011-2137, CVE-2011-2138, CVE-2011-2139, CVE-2011-2140, CVE-2011-2414, CVE-2011-2415, CVE-2011-2416, CVE-2011-2417, CVE-2011-2425, CVE-2011-2424) Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 56199 published 2011-09-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56199 title Adobe Reader < 10.1.1 / 9.4.6 / 8.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-21, APSB11-24, APSB11-26) (Mac OS X) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2011-54.NASL description acrobat reader was updated to version 9.4.6 to fix several security issues last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 74527 published 2014-06-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74527 title openSUSE Security Update : acroread (openSUSE-2011-54) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_ACROREAD-7833.NASL description Acrobat reader was updated to version 9.4.6 to fix several security issues. (CVE-2011-1353 / CVE-2011-2431 / CVE-2011-2432 / CVE-2011-2433 / CVE-2011-2434 / CVE-2011-2435 / CVE-2011-2436 / CVE-2011-2437 / CVE-2011-2438 / CVE-2011-2439 / CVE-2011-2440 / CVE-2011-2441 / CVE-2011-2442) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 57154 published 2011-12-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57154 title SuSE 10 Security Update : Acrobat Reader (ZYPP Patch Number 7833)
Oval
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description | Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3.1, 9.x before 9.4.6, and 10.x before 10.1.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to a "security bypass vulnerability." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
submitted | 2011-11-04T14:33:48.000-05:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title | Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3.1, 9.x before 9.4.6, and 10.x before 10.1.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to a "security bypass vulnerability." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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bulletinFamily | exploit |
description | BUGTRAQ ID: 49582 CVE ID: CVE-2011-2431 Adobe Reader(也被称为Acrobat Reader)是美国Adobe公司开发的一款优秀的PDF文档阅读软件。Acrobat是1993年推出针对企业、技术人员和创意专业人士的系列产品,使智能文档的传送和协作更为灵活、可靠和安全。 Adobe Acrobat和Reader在实现上存在远程安全限制绕过漏洞,远程攻击者可利用此漏洞执行任意代码 Adobe Acrobat 9.x Adobe Acrobat 8.x Adobe Acrobat 10.x Adobe Reader 9.x Adobe Reader 8.x 厂商补丁: Adobe ----- Adobe已经为此发布了一个安全公告(apsb11-24)以及相应补丁: apsb11-24:Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 链接:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-24.html |
id | SSV:23202 |
last seen | 2017-11-19 |
modified | 2011-11-16 |
published | 2011-11-16 |
reporter | Root |
title | Adobe Acrobat和Reader远程安全限制绕过漏洞(CVE-2011-2431) |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00025.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-24.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14022