Security bypass in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2009-2981

Vulnerability identifier: #VU2606

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2981

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it and bypass Trust Manager restrictions.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in access to the vulnerable application.

Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop

Update Adobe Reader for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX to version 9.2:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Macintosh
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Unix
Update Adobe Acrobat for Windows and Macintosh to version 9.2:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=158&platform=Windows
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=112&platform=Windows
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Macintosh

• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat
• Gentoo update for Adobe Reader
• openSUSE update for flash-player
• Red Hat update for acroread