National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0927
Original release date:03/19/2009
Last revised:04/28/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9 before 9.1, 8 before 8.1.3 , and 7 before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the getIcon method of a Collab object, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0658.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
**NOTE: Access Complexity scored Low due to insufficient information
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
Solution
Per vendor advisory in the 'details' section it states:
"The Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1 and 7.1.1 updates resolve an input validation issue in a JavaScript method that could potentially lead to remote code execution. This issue has already been resolved in Adobe Reader 8.1.3 and Acrobat 8.1.3. (CVE-2009-0927)"
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: adobe-unspecified-javascript-code-execution(49312)
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-014
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1019
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0770
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021861
External Source: BID
Name: 34169
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090324 ZDI-09-014: Adobe Acrobat getIcon() Stack Overflow Vulnerability
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 256788
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200904-17
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34790
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34706
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34490
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2009:009
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2009:014