9.3 High
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
8.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.975 High
EPSS
Percentile
100.0%
Adobe Reader is prone to a remote code execution (RCE) 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902129");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:39+0000");
script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0188", "CVE-2010-0186");
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_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:39 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-02-26 10:13:54 +0100 (Fri, 26 Feb 2010)");
script_name("Adobe Acrobat and Reader PDF Handling Code Execution Vulnerability - Linux");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Adobe Reader is prone to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Flaw is caused by a memory corruption error in the 'authplay.dll' module
when processing malformed Flash data within a PDF document and some unspecified
error.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking
a user into opening a PDF file embedding a malicious Flash animation and bypass
intended sandbox restrictions allowing cross-domain requests.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Adobe Reader version 8.x before 8.2.1 and 9.x before 9.3.1 on Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Adobe Reader version 9.3.1 or 8.2.1 or later.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/56297");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38195");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38198");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0399");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2010/Feb/1023601.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-07.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_adobe_prdts_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Adobe/Reader/Linux/Version");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!readerVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_less(version:readerVer, test_version:"8.2.1") ||
version_in_range(version:readerVer, test_version:"9.0", test_version2:"9.3.0"))
{
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
exit(0);
}
securitytracker.com/alerts/2010/Feb/1023601.html
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-07.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/38195
www.securityfocus.com/bid/38198
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0399
xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/56297
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog