XML entity expansion in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2009-2979

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XML entity expansion in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2009-2979

Published: December 21, 2016 / Updated: January 9, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU2013
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2979
CWE-ID: CWE-776
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS conditions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to XMP-XML entity expansion. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it and trigger the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.

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