Vulnerability CVE-2008-2042
Published: 2008-05-07   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The Javascript API in Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.9 and possibly 8.1.1 exposes a dangerous method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or trigger a buffer overflow via a crafted PDF file that invokes app.checkForUpdate with a malicious callback function.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Adobe Acrobat Professional Javascript For PDF Security Feature Bypass and Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
cocoruder
10.05.2008

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Adobe -> Acrobat 
Adobe -> Acrobat reader 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3861
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019971
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491735/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42237
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