#VU4602 Cross-site scripting in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2010-0190
Published: January 1, 1970 / Updated: January 16, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU4602
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0190
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader
Software vendor:
Adobe
Adobe
Description
Vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.2, and 8.x before 8.2.2 on Windows and Mac OS X. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially specially crafted PDF file and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
The vendor has issued the following versions to address this vulnerability: 9.3.2, 8.2.2