7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.138 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.7%
Adobe Reader is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.804387");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0194");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-04-10 15:10:46 +0530 (Thu, 10 Apr 2014)");
script_name("Adobe Reader 'XFDF' File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Adobe Reader is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Flaw is due to the boundary error in 'OutputDebugString' function.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on
the system and gain sensitive information.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Adobe Reader version 5.1 on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Adobe Reader version 6.0 or later.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/15384");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9802");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17488/");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("secpod_adobe_prdts_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Adobe/Acrobat/Win/Installed");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!readerVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(readerVer && readerVer =~ "^5")
{
if(version_is_equal(version:readerVer, test_version:"5.1"))
{
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
exit(0);
}
}