Improper Validation of Array Index in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2009-2990

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Improper Validation of Array Index in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2009-2990

Published: December 22, 2016 / Updated: September 14, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU2659
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2990
CWE-ID: CWE-129
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to array indexing error in the 3difr.x3d plugin. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted U3D file, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Affected software

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

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