Adobe Acrobat and Reader getIcon() buffer overflow
| adobe-geticon-bo (49312) |  High Risk |
Description:
Adobe Acrobat and Reader are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the getIcon() function. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the victim.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 9.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 7.3 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Refer to APSB09-04 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- APSB09-04: Security Updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
- IBM Internet Security Systems Protection Alert - April 14, 2009: Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat GetIcon() Remote Code Execution.
- Sun Alert ID: 256788: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader for Solaris 10 May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code or Cause a Denial of Service (DoS) (Adobe Security Bulletin APSB09-04).
- ZDI-09-014: Adobe Acrobat getIcon() Stack Overflow Vulnerability.
- BID-34169: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Collab 'getIcon()' JavaScript Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2009-0927: Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9 before 9.1, 8 before 8.1.3 , and 7 before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the getIcon method of a Collab object, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0658.
- OSVDB ID: 53647: Adobe Acrobat getIcon() Function PDF Handling Overflow
- RHSA-2008-0974: Critical: acroread security update
- SA34706: Sun Solaris Adobe Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1021861: Adobe Reader JavaScript Input Valdation Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SA:2009:014: Acrobat Reader remote code execution
- SUSE-SR:2009:009: SUSE Security Summary Report
- VUPEN/ADV-2009-0770: Adobe Reader and Acrobat getIcon() Stack Overflow Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2009-1019: Sun Solaris Adobe Reader Code Execution and DoS Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.1 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.1 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.2 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.2 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.3 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.3 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.4 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.4 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.5 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.5 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.6 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.6 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.7 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.7 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.8 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.8 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.9 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.9 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1.2 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1.2 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional Extended
- Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.2
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.3
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.4
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.5
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.6
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.7
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.8
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.9
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0
- Novell Linux Desktop 9
- Novell OpenSUSE 10.3
- Novell OpenSUSE 11.0
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
- RedHat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7.z Extras
- RedHat RHEL Desktop Supplementary 5 Client
- RedHat RHEL Extras 3
- RedHat RHEL Extras 4
- RedHat RHEL Supplementary 5 Server
- RedHat RHEL Supplementary 5.2.z EUS
- Sun Solaris 10 SPARC
Reported:
Mar 18, 2009
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