Memory corruption in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2009-3462
Published: December 22, 2016 / Updated: January 9, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU2673
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-2009-3462
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to format bug when running in Debug mode on UNIX system. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
The weakness exists due to format bug when running in Debug mode on UNIX system. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2009-3462
Update Adobe Reader and Acrobat for UNIX to version 9.2:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Unix
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Unix