National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3459

Overview

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in October 2009. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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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: CONFIRM

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

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

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

External Source: XF

Name: adobe-reader-pdf-code-execution(53691)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/53691

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-2898

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-2851

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2851

External Source: BID

Name: 36600

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36600

External Source: ISS

Name: 20091009 Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader Remote Code Execution

Hyperlink:http://www.iss.net/threats/348.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023007

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36983

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36983

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6534

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6534

External Source: MISC

Name: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7300

Hyperlink:http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7300

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/10/adobe_reader_and_acrobat_issue_1.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/10/adobe_reader_and_acrobat_issue_1.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6534

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6534