Adobe Acrobat and Reader unspecified privilege escalation
| adobe-unspec-priv-escalation (56297) |  High Risk |
Description:
An unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system and cause the application to crash.
*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 APSB10-07 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- APSB10-07: Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
- Offensive Security Exploit Database [03-17-2010]: Adobe Reader PDF LibTiff Integer Overflow Code Execution .
- Packetstorm Security Web Site: Adobe PDF LibTiff Integer Overflow Code Execution.
- BID-38195: Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2010-0188 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2010-0188: Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.2.1 and 9.x before 9.3.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
- GLSA-201009-05: Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities
- OSVDB ID: 62526: Adobe Reader / Acrobat LibTiff Overflow
- RHSA-2010-0114: Critical: acroread security and bug fix update
- SECTRACK ID: 1023601: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Unspecified Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SR:2010:006: SUSE Security Summary Report
- VUPEN/ADV-2010-0399: Adobe Acrobat and Reader PDF Handling Code Execution Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Reader 9.0
- Gentoo Linux
- RedHat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8.z Extras
- RedHat RHEL Desktop Supplementary 5 Client
- RedHat RHEL Extras 4
- RedHat RHEL Supplementary 5 Server
- RedHat RHEL Supplementary 5.4.z EUS
Reported:
Feb 16, 2010
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