CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
99.5%
Adobe Reader is prone to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801303");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:39+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:39 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-04-07 16:20:50 +0200 (Wed, 07 Apr 2010)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1492");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Adobe Reader PDF Handling Code Execution Vulnerability - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006074.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006072.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://forum.immunityinc.com/board/thread/1199/exploiting-pdf-files-without-vulnerabili/?page=1#post-1199");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_adobe_prdts_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Adobe/Reader/Win/Installed");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Adobe Reader version 8.x and 9.x on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to error in handling 'PDF' files, which allows to execute
'EXE' files that are embedded in a PDF document.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Adobe Reader version 9.3.2 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Adobe Reader is prone to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary code via
a crafted document.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE )) exit(0);
vers = infos['version'];
path = infos['location'];
if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"9.3.2" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"9.3.2", install_path:path );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );