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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-0048

Original release date:01/03/2007

Last revised:03/08/2011

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0, and possibly the plugin distributed with Adobe Reader 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2, when used with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Opera, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long sequence of # (hash) characters appended to a PDF URL, related to a "cross-site scripting issue."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:5.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-286B

Name: TA09-286B

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=9

Type: Advisory; Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=9

External Source: XF

Name: adobe-acrobat-character-dos(31273)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31273

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-2898

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-0032

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0032

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070103 Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/455801/100/0/threaded

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023007

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017469

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017469

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200701-16

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33754

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33754

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23882

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23882

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23812

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23812

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6348

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6348

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 31596

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/31596

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:011

Hyperlink:http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/01/stable-beta-update-yahoo-mail-and.html

Hyperlink:http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/01/stable-beta-update-yahoo-mail-and.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/attachments/1158-Subverting_Ajax.pdf

Hyperlink:http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/attachments/1158-Subverting_Ajax.pdf

External Source: SREASON

Name: 2090

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2090

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6348

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6348

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1::professional

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1::standard

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.2::professional

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.2::standard

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.3::professional

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.3::standard

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.4::professional

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.4::standard

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.5::professional

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.5::standard

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.6::professional

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.6::standard

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.7::professional

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.7::standard

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.8::professional

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.8::standard

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0::professional

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0::standard

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_3d

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.2

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.3

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.4

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.5

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.2

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.3

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.4

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.5

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.6

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.7

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.8

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.8::elements and previous versions

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.8 and previous versions

* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0048