SB2012011001 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat
Published: January 10, 2012 Updated: December 23, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012011001
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
4
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4373)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling malformed PDF files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
2) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4372)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling malformed PDF files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
3) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4371)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow when handling malformed PDF files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
4) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4370)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling malformed PDF files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.