National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2992

Overview

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that calls the util.printf JavaScript function with a crafted format string argument, a related issue to CVE-2008-1104.

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

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#593409

Name: VU#593409

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/593409

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0974

Type: Patch Information

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

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-072/

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-072/

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0098

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-3001

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021140

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140

External Source: BID

Name: 32091

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32091

External Source: BID

Name: 30035

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30035

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081104 ZDI-08-072: Adobe Acrobat PDF Javascript printf Stack Overflow Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498055/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081104 CORE-2008-0526: Adobe Reader Javascript Printf Buffer Overflow

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498032/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081104 Secunia Research: Adobe Acrobat/Reader

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498027/100/0/threaded

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 7006

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/7006

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 6994

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6994

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.coresecurity.com/content/adobe-reader-buffer-overflow

Hyperlink:http://www.coresecurity.com/content/adobe-reader-buffer-overflow

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609

Hyperlink:http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609

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: 4549

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4549

External Source: MISC

Name: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35163

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35163

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32872

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32700

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29773

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29773

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 49520

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/49520

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2008:026

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

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 249366

Hyperlink:http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html