7.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.5%
Adobe Reader is prone to a code execution 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.804630");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2001-1069");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-06-05 12:35:17 +0530 (Thu, 05 Jun 2014)");
script_name("Adobe Reader libCoolType Library Code Execution Vulnerability - Linux");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Adobe Reader is prone to a code execution vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to the application creating 'AdobeFnt.lst' file with insecure
permissions.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attacker to launch a symlink attack and
execute code on the system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Adobe Reader version 4.0.5 and 5.0.5 on Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to Adobe Reader version 5.0.6 or later.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/7024");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3225");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
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);
}
if(readerVer =~ "^(4|5)\.")
{
if(version_is_equal(version:readerVer, test_version:"4.0.5")||
version_is_equal(version:readerVer, test_version:"5.0.5"))
{
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
exit(0);
}
}