58925 : Adobe Reader Plug-in for Mozilla Unloading Use-after-free Arbitrary Code Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-10-13

Time to Patch
113 days

Description

Adobe Reader Plug-in for Mozilla contains a flaw that is triggered when a use-after-free error occurs during unloading. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Classification

Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade Reader to version 9.2 or higher and Acrobat users to upgrade to version 7.1.4, 8.1.7, 9.2 or higher as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. Adobe has provided updates to Reader 7.1.4 and 8.1.7.

Products

Adobe Systems Incorporated	Acrobat	9.1.3
	Adobe Reader	9.1.3
		8.1.6
		7.1.3

References

Security Tracker: 1023007
CVE ID: 2009-2991 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 36638
Secunia Advisory ID: 37141 37149 37247
OVAL ID: 5557
Related OSVDB ID: 58906 58907 58908 58909 58910 58911 58912 58913 58914 58915 58916 58917 58918 58919 58920 58921 58922 58923 58924 58926 58927 58928 58929
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2009-2898
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-10/0130.html
Other Advisory URL: http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=826
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270669-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00005.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
Vendor URL: http://www.adobe.com/
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200910-03.xml
News Article: http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220600883
CERT: TA09-286B

Tools & Filters

	42119

Credit

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-10-20 | Disagree?

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