CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack 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
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
99.0%
Adobe Reader are prone to a font parsing integer overflow vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 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
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801420");
script_version("2023-07-28T16:09:07+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 16:09:07 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-08-06 17:02:44 +0200 (Fri, 06 Aug 2010)");
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_cve_id("CVE-2010-2862");
script_name("Adobe Reader Font Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2010-2862) - Linux");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/40766");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-threats/2010/08/04/adobe-confirms-pdf-security-hole-in-reader-40089737/");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_adobe_prdts_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Adobe/Reader/Linux/Version");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation results in memory corruption via a PDF
file containing a specially crafted TrueType font.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Adobe Reader version 8.2.3 and 9.3.3");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an integer overflow error in 'CoolType.dll'
when parsing the 'maxCompositePoints' field value in the 'maxp' (Maximum Profile)
table of a TrueType font.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to version 8.2.4 or 9.3.4 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Adobe Reader are prone to a font parsing integer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
readerVer = get_kb_item("Adobe/Reader/Linux/Version");
if(readerVer != NULL)
{
if(version_is_equal(version:readerVer, test_version:"8.2.3") ||
version_is_equal(version:readerVer, test_version:"9.3.3")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
}