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Adobe Acrobat/Reader Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1027386 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1027386
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2012-1525, CVE-2012-2049, CVE-2012-2050, CVE-2012-2051, CVE-2012-4147, CVE-2012-4148, CVE-2012-4149, CVE-2012-4150, CVE-2012-4151, CVE-2012-4152
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Aug 18 2012
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Original Entry Date: Aug 14 2012
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 9.x prior to 9.5.2, 10.x prior t 10.1.4
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Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities were reported in Adobe Acrobat/Reader. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create a specially crafted file that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run with the privileges of the target user.
A stack overflow may occur [CVE-2012-2049].
A buffer overflow may occur [CVE-2012-2050].
Memory corruption errors may occur [CVE-2012-2051, CVE-2012-4147, CVE-2012-4148, CVE-2012-4149, CVE-2012-4150, CVE-2012-4151, CVE-2012-4152, CVE-2012-4153, CVE-2012-4154, CVE-2012-4155, CVE-2012-4156, CVE-2012-4157, CVE-2012-4158, CVE-2012-4159, CVE-2012-4160].
A heap overflow may occur [CVE-2012-1525].
Memory corruption errors may occur on OS X based systems [CVE-2012-4161, CVE-2012-4162].
Pavel Polischouk of the Vulnerability Research team at TELUS Security Labs, an anonymous contributor (via Beyond Security's SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure Program), Mateusz Jurczyk of the Google Security Team, James Quirk of Los Alamos, New Mexico, John Leitch at Microsoft and Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR), Nicolas Gregoire (via iDefense's Vulnerability Contributor Program), and Mateusz Jurczyk and Gynvael Coldwind, of the Google Security Team reported these vulnerabilities.
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Impact:
A remote user can create a file that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (9.5.2, 10.1.4) for Windows and OS X.
No solution was available for Linux.
[Editor's note: Mateusz Jurczyk and Gynvael Coldwind of Google report that 16 additional vulnerabilities (affecting Windows and OS X) remain unpatched at the time of this Adobe advisory. See: http://gynvael.coldwind.pl/?id=483]
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-16.html
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Vendor URL: www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-16.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error, Boundary error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (OS X), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:40:13 +0000
Subject: Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat
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http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-16.html
CVE-2012-1525, CVE-2012-2049, CVE-2012-2050, CVE-2012-2051, CVE-2012-4147, CVE-2012-4148, CVE-2012-4149, CVE-2012-4150, CVE-2012-4151, CVE-2012-4152, CVE-2012-4153, CVE-2012-4154, CVE-2012-4155, CVE-2012-4156, CVE-2012-4157, CVE-2012-4158, CVE-2012-4159, CVE-2012-4160, CVE-2012-4161, CVE-2012-4162
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