National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-1241
Original release date:04/05/2010
Last revised:11/19/2010
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Heap-based buffer overflow in the custom heap management system in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.2, and 8.x before 8.2.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document, aka FG-VD-10-005.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA10-103C
Name: TA10-103C
External Source: XF
Name: reader-customheap-code-execution(57589)
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EVHtY1-0q8
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2010-0873
Type: Advisory
External Source: BID
Name: 39329
External Source: BID
Name: 39227
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-eu-10/bh-eu-10-briefings.html#Li
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-09.html
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6940
External Source: MLIST
Name: [dailydave] 20100401 0day, it may not be
External Source: MISC
Name: http://blog.fortinet.com/the-upcoming-blackhat-europe-2010-presentation/
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6940
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5