Memory corruption in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2013-3346

Vulnerability identifier: #VU6172

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-2013-3346

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

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

The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling malicious .pdf files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption 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.

Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader
Gentoo Linux

Update Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x  to version 9.5.5.
Update Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10. x to version 10.1.7.
Update Adobe Reader and Acrobat 11.x to version 11.0.03

• Exploit #1145 - Adobe Reader ToolButton - Use-After-Free (Metasploit) (March 18, 2020)
• Exploit #1640 - Adobe Reader ToolButton Use After Free (March 18, 2020)
• Exploit #1701 - Adobe Reader ToolButton Use After Free (March 18, 2020)

• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-15.html

• Remote code execution in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader
• Gentoo update for Adobe Reader