National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3956

Overview

The default configuration of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, does not enable the Enhanced Security feature, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, related to a "script injection vulnerability," as demonstrated by Acrobat Forms Data Format (FDF) behavior that allows cross-site scripting (XSS) by user-assisted remote attackers.

Description

Per: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html a script injection vulnerability by changing the Enhanced Security default (CVE-2009-3956).

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA10-013A

Name: TA10-013A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554296

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554296

External Source: XF

Name: acrobat-reader-unspec-xss(55554)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/55554

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0103

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.stratsec.net/files/SS-2010-001_Stratsec_Acrobat_Script_Injection_Security_Advisory_v1.0.pdf

Hyperlink:http://www.stratsec.net/files/SS-2010-001_Stratsec_Acrobat_Script_Injection_Security_Advisory_v1.0.pdf

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023446

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023446

External Source: BID

Name: 37763

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37763

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2010:0060

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/SS-2010-001.txt

Hyperlink:http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/SS-2010-001.txt

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 38215

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/38215

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 38138

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/38138

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8327

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8327

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2010:008

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8327

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8327