PT-2008-6027 · Adobe · Acrobat Professional+1

Published 2008-11-05 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2008-4817

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Acrobat Professional and Reader versions 8.1.2 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that calls an AcroJS function with a long string argument, triggering heap corruption.

Recommendations For Adobe Acrobat Professional and Reader versions 8.1.2 and earlier, update to a version later than 8.1.2 to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4817

RHSA-2008:0974

Affected Products

Acrobat Professional

Acrobat Reader

References · 13

• http://adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4817 · Security Note
• http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021140 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098 · Note
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=756 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/49541 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32700 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32872 · Note