National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4813

Overview

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that (1) performs unspecified actions on a Collab object that trigger memory corruption, related to a GetCosObj method; or (2) contains a malformed PDF object that triggers memory corruption during parsing.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-309A

Name: TA08-309A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html

External Source: XF

Name: adobe-acrobatreader-collab-code-execution(46344)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46344

External Source: XF

Name: adobe-acrobatreader-object-code-execution(46333)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46333

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-074/

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-074/

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-073/

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-073/

External Source: BID

Name: 32100

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32100

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081104 ZDI-08-074: Adobe Acrobat PDF Javascript getCosObj Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498057/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081104 ZDI-08-073: Adobe Acrobat Reader Malformed PDF Code Execution Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498056/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0974

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0098

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2009/0098

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-3001

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/3001

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801

Hyperlink:http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801

External Source: SREASON

Name: 4564

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4564

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32872

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32872

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32700

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32700

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2008:026

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html