National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3959

Overview

Integer overflow in the U3D implementation in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF document.

Description

Per: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html an integer overflow vulnerability in U3D support that could lead to code execution (CVE-2009-3959).

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=554293

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554293

External Source: XF

Name: acrobat-reader-u3dsupport-code-exec(55557)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/55557

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0103

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023446

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

External Source: BID

Name: 37756

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37756

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20100115 VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Acrobat and Reader U3D Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508949

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2010:0060

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

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:8539

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8539

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:8539

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8539