Denial of service in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2010-0186

 

Denial of service in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2010-0186

Published: March 22, 2017 / Updated: March 22, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6150
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0186
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause denial of service (DoS) on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper permissions control. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted Web site, bypass cross-domain sandbox controls and send unauthorized cross-domain requests to cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in denial of service.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2010-0186

Update Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 8.x to version 8.2.1.
Update Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9.x to version 9.3.1.


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