Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-0641 - Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.4, 10.x before 10.1.6, and 11.x before 11.0.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family Windows NASL id ADOBE_READER_APSB13-07.NASL description The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote host is earlier than 11.0.2 / 10.1.6 / 9.5.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An unspecified memory corruption error exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2013-0640) - An unspecified buffer overflow error exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2013-0641) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 64786 published 2013-02-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/64786 title Adobe Reader < 11.0.2 / 10.1.6 / 9.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB13-07) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(64786); script_version("1.13"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/06/27 18:42:27"); script_cve_id("CVE-2013-0640", "CVE-2013-0641"); script_bugtraq_id(57931, 57947); script_xref(name:"CERT", value:"422807"); script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"29881"); script_name(english:"Adobe Reader < 11.0.2 / 10.1.6 / 9.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB13-07)"); script_summary(english:"Checks version of Adobe Reader"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis",value: "The version of Adobe Reader on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description",value: "The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote host is earlier than 11.0.2 / 10.1.6 / 9.5.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An unspecified memory corruption error exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2013-0640) - An unspecified buffer overflow error exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2013-0641)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Adobe Reader 11.0.2 / 10.1.6 / 9.5.4 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'CANVAS'); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2013/02/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/02/20"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/02/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:'Windows'); script_copyright(english:'This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.'); script_dependencies('adobe_reader_installed.nasl'); script_require_keys('SMB/Acroread/Version'); exit(0); } include('audit.inc'); include('global_settings.inc'); info = ''; info2 = ''; vuln = 0; vers = get_kb_list('SMB/Acroread/Version'); if (isnull(vers)) audit(AUDIT_KB_MISSING, 'SMB/Acroread/Version'); foreach version (vers) { ver = split(version, sep:'.', keep:FALSE); for (i=0; i<max_index(ver); i++) ver[i] = int(ver[i]); path = get_kb_item('SMB/Acroread/'+version+'/Path'); if (isnull(path)) path = 'n/a'; verui = get_kb_item('SMB/Acroread/'+version+'/Version_UI'); if (isnull(verui)) verui = version; if ( (ver[0] == 9 && ver[1] < 5) || (ver[0] == 9 && ver[1] == 5 && ver[2] < 4) || (ver[0] == 10 && ver[1] < 1) || (ver[0] == 10 && ver[1] == 1 && ver[2] < 6) || (ver[0] == 11 && ver[1] == 0 && ver[2] < 2) ) { vuln++; info += '\n Path : '+path+ '\n Installed version : '+verui+ '\n Fixed version : 11.0.2 / 10.1.6 / 9.5.4\n'; } else info2 += " and " + verui; } if (info) { port = get_kb_item("SMB/transport"); if (!port) port = 445; if (report_verbosity > 0) { if (vuln > 1) s = "s of Adobe Reader are"; else s = " of Adobe Reader is"; report = '\nThe following vulnerable instance'+s+' installed on the'+ '\nremote host :\n'+ info; security_hole(port:port, extra:report); } else security_hole(port); exit(0); } if (info2) { info2 -= " and "; if (" and " >< info2) be = "are"; else be = "is"; exit(0, "The host is not affected since Adobe Reader "+info2+" "+be+" installed."); } else exit(1, "Unexpected error - 'info2' is empty.");
NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2013-0551.NASL description Updated acroread packages that fix two security issues are now available for 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 two security flaws in Adobe Reader. These flaws are detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB13-07, 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-2013-0640, CVE-2013-0641) All Adobe Reader users should install these updated packages. They contain Adobe Reader version 9.5.4, 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 64794 published 2013-02-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/64794 title RHEL 5 / 6 : acroread (RHSA-2013:0551) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_ACROREAD-8474.NASL description Acrobat Reader was updated to 9.5.4 which fixes two critical security issues where attackers supplying PDFs could have caused code execution with acrobat. (CVE-2013-0640 / CVE-2013-0641) More information can be found on : https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2013-02-27 plugin id 64907 published 2013-02-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/64907 title SuSE 10 Security Update : acroread (ZYPP Patch Number 8474) NASL family Windows NASL id ADOBE_ACROBAT_APSA13-02.NASL description The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote host is equal or prior to 11.0.1 / 10.1.5 / 9.5.3, or is 11.0.1 and missing a workaround fix. Therefore, it is affected by two unspecified remote code execution vulnerabilities. last seen 2018-06-29 modified 2018-06-27 plugin id 64644 published 2013-02-15 reporter Tenable source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=64644 title Adobe Acrobat <= 11.0.1 / 10.1.5 / 9.5.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSA13-02) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201308-03.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201308-03 (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, possibly resulting in arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition. A local attacker could gain privileges via unspecified vectors. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 69454 published 2013-08-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69454 title GLSA-201308-03 : Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_ADOBE_READER_APSB13-07.NASL description The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 11.0.2, 10.1.6, or 9.5.4. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An unspecified memory corruption issue exists that allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document. (CVE-2013-0640) - An unspecified buffer overflow condition exists that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document. (CVE-2013-0641) 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 64787 published 2013-02-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/64787 title Adobe Reader < 11.0.2 / 10.1.6 / 9.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSA13-02, APSB13-07) (Mac OS X) NASL family Windows NASL id ADOBE_READER_APSA13-02.NASL description The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote host is equal or prior to 11.0.1 / 10.1.5 / 9.5.3, or is 11.0.1 and missing a workaround fix. Therefore, it is affected by two unspecified remote code execution vulnerabilities. last seen 2018-06-29 modified 2018-06-27 plugin id 64645 published 2013-02-15 reporter Tenable source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=64645 title Adobe Reader <= 11.0.1 / 10.1.5 / 9.5.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSA13-02) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_ACROREAD-130222.NASL description Acrobat Reader has been updated to 9.5.4 which fixes two critical security issues where attackers supplying PDFs could have caused code execution with acrobat. (CVE-2013-0640 / CVE-2013-0641) More information can be found on : https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2013-02-27 plugin id 64905 published 2013-02-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/64905 title SuSE 11.2 Security Update : acroread (SAT Patch Number 7397) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2013-151.NASL description acroread was updated to 9.5.4 to fix remote code execution problems. (CVE-2013-0640, CVE-2013-0641) More information can be found on: 	http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-06-13 plugin id 74899 published 2014-06-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74899 title openSUSE Security Update : acroread (openSUSE-SU-2013:0335-2) NASL family Windows NASL id ADOBE_ACROBAT_APSB13-07.NASL description The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote host is earlier than 11.0.2 / 10.1.6 / 9.5.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An unspecified memory corruption error exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2013-0640) - An unspecified buffer overflow error exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2013-0641) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 64785 published 2013-02-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/64785 title Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.2 / 10.1.6 / 9.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB13-07)
Oval
accepted | 2013-04-29T04:16:45.808-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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description | Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.4, 10.x before 10.1.6, and 11.x before 11.0.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, as exploited in the wild in February 2013. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
family | windows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
submitted | 2013-02-19T11:01:24.897-05:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
title | Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.5.3, 10.x through 10.1.5, and 11.x through 11.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, as exploited in the wild in February 2013, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0641 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
version | 9 |
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id | THN:9D18A086B8C1E6B01851C09B70F5A04C |
last seen | 2017-01-08 |
modified | 2013-02-20 |
published | 2013-02-20 |
reporter | Mohit Kumar |
source | http://thehackernews.com/2013/02/patch-released-for-critical-adobe.html |
title | Patch released for critical Adobe vulnerabilities |
References
- http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2013/02/in-turn-its-pdf-time.html
- http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2013/02/in-turn-its-pdf-time.html
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2013/02/adobe-reader-and-acrobat-vulnerability-report.html
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2013/02/adobe-reader-and-acrobat-vulnerability-report.html
- http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/digging-into-the-sandbox-escape-technique-of-the-recent-pdf-exploit
- http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/digging-into-the-sandbox-escape-technique-of-the-recent-pdf-exploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00024.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0551.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0551.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/422807
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/422807
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16296
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16296