National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-2201

Overview

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with crafted Flash content involving the (1) pushstring (0x2C) operator, (2) debugfile (0xF1) operator, and an "invalid pointer vulnerability" that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1285 and CVE-2010-2168.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Solution

Per: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html 'This update resolves an invalid pointer vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2010-2201).'}

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-1636

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1636

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1024159

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024159

External Source: BID

Name: 41237

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41237

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20100630 VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Acrobat and Reader "pushstring" Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2010-2201)

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512098

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6854

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6854

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6854

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6854