Spoofing attack in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2009-2982

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Spoofing attack in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2009-2982

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU2607
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2982
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper verification of certificates. A remote attacker can use man-in-the-middle techniques to spoof certificates, redirect a victim to a malicious Web site that would appear to be trusted and inject arbitrary data in server response.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in information disclosure and further attacks on the vulnerable system.


Affected software

Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader
Gentoo Linux

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