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HistoryNov 24, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

PDFResurrect vulnerability

2020-11-2400:00:00
ubuntu.com
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pdfresurrect
vulnerability
ubuntu 16.04 esm
memory operations
denial of service
arbitrary code execution

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

31.1%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

  • pdfresurrect - tool for extracting versioning data from PDF documents

Details

It was discovered that PDFResurrect incorrectly handled certain memory
operations during PDF summary generation. An attacker could use this to
cause out-of-bounds writes, resulting in a denial of service (system crash)
or arbitrary code execution.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu16.04noarchpdfresurrect< 0.12-6ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchpdfresurrect-dbgsym< 0.12-6ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

31.1%