National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3462

Overview

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 on Unix, when Debug mode is enabled, allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to a "format bug."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Solution

Per: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html Adobe Reader Adobe Reader users on Windows can find the appropriate update here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows. Adobe Reader users on Macintosh can find the appropriate update here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Macintosh. Adobe Reader users on UNIX can find the appropriate update here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Unix. Acrobat Acrobat Standard and Pro users on Windows can find the appropriate update here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows. Acrobat Pro Extended users on Windows can find the appropriate update here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=158&platform=Windows Acrobat 3D users on Windows can find the appropriate update here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=112&platform=Windows. Acrobat Pro users on Macintosh can find the appropriate update here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Macintosh.}

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-286B

Name: TA09-286B

Type: Patch Information

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

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-2898

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

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

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: BID

Name: 36638

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023007

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

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6429

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6429

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6429

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6429