41495 : Adobe Reader / Acrobat Collab.collectEmailInfo() Method Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
25	2839	over 4 years ago	about 1 year ago	22 times	100%

Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Vendor Solution Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2007-10-10	2007-10-10	2008-02-06	2008-02-07	2008-02-08

Time to Patch
119 days

Description

A buffer overflow exists in Acrobat and Reader. The Collab.collectEmailInfo() JavaScript method fails to validate string length resulting in a stack overflow. With a specially crafted file, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

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

Technical

The iDefense advisory refers to several unspecified JavaScript method overflows.

Solution

Upgrade to version 8.1.2 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	Acrobat	8.1.1
Adobe Systems Incorporated	Reader	8.1.1

References

CVE ID: 2007-5659 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 27641
Secunia Advisory ID: 28851 29065 29205 30840
SCIP VulDB ID: 3523
Related OSVDB ID: 41493 41494
Metasploit ID: 41495
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-02/0106.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-10/0431.html
Other Advisory URL: http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/05/07/phpnuke-org-has-been-compromised.aspx
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=657
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-01.xml
http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=220a1b24e02c2757eccebb6827b4021d570b0f662dd1b0772c22c96b8f6b7c1d-1282772703
Generic Exploit URL: http://immunitysec.com
http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/adobe_acrobat_javascript
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-239286-1
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html

Tools & Filters

	30200 31328 40800

Credit

Greg MacManus - iDefense Labs

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-02-12 | Disagree?

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