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Adobe Acrobat and Reader 'printSeps()' Function Heap Corruption Vulnerability

🗓️ 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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Adobe Acrobat and Reader 'printSeps()' Function Heap Corruption Vulnerability. Successful exploitation allows attackers to crash the application or compromise a system by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF file

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###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_adobe_prdts_printseps_mem_crptn_vuln_win.nasl 6475 2017-06-29 06:35:11Z cfischer $
#
# Adobe Acrobat and Reader 'printSeps()' Function Heap Corruption Vulnerability
#
# Authors:
# Antu Sanadi <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################

tag_impact = "Successful exploitation will let attackers to crash an affected application
  or compromise a vulnerable system by tricking a user into opening a specially
  crafted PDF file.
  Impact Level:Application";
tag_affected = "Adobe Reader version 8.x to 8.1.7 and 9.x before 9.4.1
  Adobe Acrobat version 8.x to 8.1.7 and 9.x before 9.4.1 on windows";
tag_insight = "This issue is caused by a heap corruption error in the 'EScript.api' plugin
  when processing the 'printSeps()' function within a PDF document.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Adobe Reader/Acrobat version 9.4.1 or later
  For updates refer to http://www.adobe.com";
tag_summary = "This host is installed with Adobe Reader/Acrobat and is prone to heap
  corruption Vulnerability";

if(description)
{
  script_id(801545);
  script_version("$Revision: 6475 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-06-29 08:35:11 +0200 (Thu, 29 Jun 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-11-23 14:41:37 +0100 (Tue, 23 Nov 2010)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4091");
  script_bugtraq_id(44638);
  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_name("Adobe Acrobat and Reader 'printSeps()' Function Heap Corruption Vulnerability");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://secunia.com/advisories/42095");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/62996");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15419/");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2890");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2010/11/potential-issue-in-adobe-reader.html");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("secpod_adobe_prdts_detect_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Adobe/Air_or_Flash_or_Reader_or_Acrobat/Win/Installed");
  script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
  script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
  script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
  script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
  script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}


include("version_func.inc");

readerVer = get_kb_item("Adobe/Reader/Win/Ver");
if(readerVer)
{
  # Check for Adobe Reader version < 8.1.7 and 9.x to 9.4.0
  if(version_is_less(version:readerVer, test_version:"8.1.7") ||
     version_in_range(version:readerVer, test_version:"9.0", test_version2:"9.4.0"))
  {
    security_message(0);
    exit(0);
  }
}

acrobatVer = get_kb_item("Adobe/Acrobat/Win/Ver");
if(!acrobatVer){
  exit(0);
}

# Check for Adobe Acrobat version < 8.1.7 and 9.x to 9.4.0
if(version_is_less(version:acrobatVer, test_version:"8.1.7") ||
   version_in_range(version:acrobatVer, test_version:"9.0", test_version2:"9.4.0")){
  security_message(0);
}

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