49520 : Adobe Reader / Acrobat util.printf() Function Crafted PDF File Handling Overflow
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Views This Week Views All Time Added to OSVDB Last Modified Modified (since 2008) Percent Complete
17 3693 over 3 years ago about 1 year ago 26 times 90%

Timeline

Vendor Informed Date Vendor Ack Date Disclosure Date Exploit Publish Date
2008-05-27 2008-05-27 2008-11-04 2008-11-04

Description

A remote overflow exists in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. The document reader fails to properly bounds check input to the util.printf() javascript function resulting in a stack-based overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 8.1.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Adobe Systems Incorporated
Watch-list
Acrobat Reader
Watch-list
8.1.2

References

Tools & Filters

Snort

15014
34695 40802

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

  • Dyon Balding - Secunia
  • Damian Frizza - Core Security Technologies

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-11-04 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_1 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

Blogs

This section lists the latest news and blogs found via the daylife API (and for older items, the technorati API), which mention or otherwise discuss this vulnerability.

2008/11/13 14:01:06 | Malicious Web Site / Malicious Code: Adobe Acrobat & Reader util.printf JavaScript Vulnerability

from: CU*Answers Newsstand » Home

Websense® Security Labs™ has received reports of a proof-of-concept (PoC) ... files (CVE-2008-2992). Successful exploitation allows the attacker the same level of permission

2008/11/12 05:04:50 | Analyzing PDF files and Shellcode

from: sudosecure.net

With all the talk over the recent Adobe CVE-2008-2992 vulnerability being exploited in the wild, I thought it would be a good time to document how I go about analyzing PDF files and shellcode

2008/11/05 17:21:00 | Adobe Reader 'util.printf()' JavaScript Function Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit

from: Thoughts of a Technocrat

http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6994-------------------This exploit is related to CVE-2008-2992.A boundary error exists when parsing format strings containing a floating point specifier

2008/11/10 07:59:22 | Security News Roundup: Security researchers to demonstrate WPA packet injection

from: IT Security | TechRepublic.com

This week’s security events include news that there will be just two updates for Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday this month, ... exploits spotted in the wild.  The exploit in this case leverages on CVE-2008-2992 by means

2008/11/07 20:48:00 | Adobe 8 PDF Vulnerability exploited in-the-wild

from: Harry Waldron - Corporate and Home Security

[ Lightning] The recent Adobe 8 PDF vulnerability is being exploited in-the-wild ... by Adobe couple of days ago (CVE-2008-2992). Unfortunately, Wayne was right – these PDF documents

2008/11/09 06:11:53 | Security hole in PDF

from: Tech Skill

The research and development team of SkyRecon identified a security vulnerability in PDF files ... execution. (CVE-2008-2992) This update resolves an input validation issue in a JavaScript method

2008/11/07 23:00:12 | Recently Patched Adobe Reader Flaw Used By Miscreants To Hijack PCs

from: Daily cyber threats and internet security news

Recently Patched Adobe Reader Flaw Used By Miscreants To Hijack PCs Three days after Adobe rushed out a critical update, ... exploiting CVE-2008-2992. According to SANS, none of the 32 top anti-virus programs were detecting

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