National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-4091
Original release date:11/07/2010
Last revised:07/25/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The EScript.api plugin in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.1, and 8.x before 8.2.6 on Windows and Mac OS X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF document that triggers memory corruption, involving the printSeps function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-28.html
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: adobe-reader-pdf-file-ce(62996)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0337
Type: Advisory
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0191
Type: Advisory
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2010-3111
Type: Advisory
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2010-2890
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1025033
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1024684
External Source: BID
Name: 44638
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2010:0934
External Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Name: 15419
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-03.html
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-201101-08
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43025
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 42401
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 42095
Type: Advisory
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12527
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 69005
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2010:058
External Source: MISC
Name: http://extraexploit.blogspot.com/2010/11/full-disclosure-xplpdf-adober-reader-94.html
External Source: MISC
Name: http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2010/11/potential-issue-in-adobe-reader.html
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20101103 [0dayz] Acrobat Reader Memory Corruption Remote Arbitrary Code Execution
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12527
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5