Memory corruption in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2009-1492
Published: March 21, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6134
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-2009-1492
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when processing malicious .pdf files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PDF file that triggers calls to the getAnnots() JavaScript method, cause memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Adobe Acrobat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
How to mitigate CVE-2009-1492
Update Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 7.x to version 7.1.2.
Update Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 8.x to version 8.1.5.
Update Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9.x to version 9.1.1.
Update Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 8.x to version 8.1.5.
Update Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9.x to version 9.1.1.