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HistoryMay 11, 2009 - 12:00 a.m.

Adobe Reader Denial of Service Vulnerability (May 2009)

2009-05-1100:00:00
Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG
plugins.openvas.org
10

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.97 High

EPSS

Percentile

99.8%

Adobe Reader is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800701");
  script_version("2024-02-21T05:06:26+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1493", "CVE-2009-1492");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-21 05:06:26 +0000 (Wed, 21 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-05-11 08:41:11 +0200 (Mon, 11 May 2009)");
  script_name("Adobe Reader Denial of Service Vulnerability (May 2009)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Adobe Reader is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"These flaws are due to a memory corruption errors in 'customDictionaryOpen'
  and 'getAnnots' methods in the JavaScript API while processing malicious PDF
  files with a long string in the second argument.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the attacker cause memory corruption or
  denial of service.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Adobe Reader version 9.1 and prior on Linux.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade Adobe Reader version 9.3.2 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/34924");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34736");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34740");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/50146");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0904-exploits/spell.txt");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_adobe_prdts_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Adobe/Reader/Linux/Version");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!readerVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
  exit(0);
}

readerVer = ereg_replace(pattern:"\_", replace:".", string:readerVer);

if(readerVer == NULL){
  exit(0);
}

if(version_is_less_equal(version:readerVer, test_version:"9.1"))
{
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:readerVer, vulnerable_range:"Less than or equal to 9.1");
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.97 High

EPSS

Percentile

99.8%