PT-2011-1247 · Adobe+2 · Reader+3

Published 2011-12-07 · Updated 2025-11-22 · CVE-2011-2462

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Reader versions 9.x through 9.4.6 Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat versions 10.1.1 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a memory corruption vulnerability in the U3D component of Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption. The vulnerability was exploited in the wild in December 2011.

Recommendations For Adobe Reader versions 9.x through 9.4.6, update to a version later than 9.4.6 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat versions 10.1.1 and earlier, update to a version later than 10.1.1 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the U3D component in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-03558

CVE-2011-2462

OPENSUSE-SU-2012_0087-1

RHSA-2012:0011

RHSA-2012_0011

SUSE-SU-2012_0086-1

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

Red Hat

Suse

References · 36

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_reader_u3d.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/18366 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-03558 · Security Note
• http://adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-04.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2462 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4369 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4369 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0011.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2462 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00020.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00019.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/199 · Note
• http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c4cebcc03c1219adc40eac64043b8527 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-350A.html · Note
• https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2011-2462 · Note