Memory corruption in Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2009-2984

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Memory corruption in Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2009-2984

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU2618
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2984
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe Acrobat

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to trigger DoS conditions and even execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to image decoder issue. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted .pdf file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system or cause denial of service with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service or arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

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