PT-2008-5374 · Microsoft+1 · Internet Explorer+2

Jeremy Brown · Published 2008-09-15 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2008-4071

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Acrobat version 9

Description A certain ActiveX control in Adobe Acrobat, when used with Microsoft Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a browser crash. This occurs via an src property value with an invalid acroie:// URL.

Recommendations For Adobe Acrobat version 9, consider disabling the affected ActiveX control as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the acroie:// URL handler to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4071

Affected Products

Acrobat

Internet Explorer

Windows Vista

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/6424 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4071 · Security Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4257 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45195 · Note