Memory corruption in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2009-3462

Vulnerability identifier: #VU2673

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-2009-3462

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

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

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/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