Adobe security alert.

Advisory overview

Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Enterprise TruRisk Platform to protect organizations against 9 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 1 bulletins announced today by Adobe. Customers can immediately audit their networks for these and other new vulnerabilities by accessing their Qualys subscription. Visit Qualys Security Blog to prioritize remediation.

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Vulnerability details

Adobe has released 1 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:

• Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerability (APSA09-07, APSB10-02)

  Severity

  Urgent 5

  Qualys ID

  116768

  Vendor Reference

  APSA09-07, APSB10-02, Adobe Zero day

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2009-3953, CVE-2009-3954, CVE-2009-3955, CVE-2009-3956, CVE-2009-3957, CVE-2009-3958, CVE-2009-3959, CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2010-1278

  CVSS Scores

  Base 10 / Temporal 8.7

  Description

  Adobe Reader and Acrobat are Portable Document Format (PDF) reader and processor developed by Adobe Systems, designed to view, create, manipulate and manage files in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF).

  Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader 9.2 and Acrobat 9.2 for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX, and Adobe Reader 8.1.7 and Acrobat 8.1.7 for Windows and Macintosh. These vulnerabilities could cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

  Adobe has released updates to resolve the following vulnerabilities:

  - A use-after-free vulnerability in Multimedia.api that could lead to code execution (CVE-2009-4324).
  Note: There are reports of this issue being actively exploited in the wild; the exploit targets Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.2 on Windows platforms.

  - An array boundary issue in U3D support that could lead to code execution (CVE-2009-3953).
  Note: This issue had been incorrectly identified as a previously fixed vulnerability (CVE-2009-2994) in the Metasploit framework.

  - A DLL-loading vulnerability in 3D that could allow arbitrary code execution (CVE-2009-3954).

  - A memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2009-3955).

  - A script injection vulnerability by changing the Enhanced Security default (CVE-2009-3956).

  - A null-pointer dereference vulnerability that could lead to denial of service (CVE-2009-3957).

  A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Download Manager that could lead to code execution (CVE-2009-3958).

  - An integer overflow vulnerability in U3D support that could lead to code execution (CVE-2009-3959).

  Consequence

  Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

  Solution

  Adobe has released updates to resolve this issue. Refer to Adobe Security Bulletin APSB10-02 to obtain patch details. Also refer to Adobe Security Advisory APSA09-07 to obtain additional details on the vulnerability.

  Workaround:
  The vendor has recommended the following mitigation techniques until a patch is applied.

  Customers using Adobe Reader or Acrobat versions 9.2 or 8.1.7 can utilize the JavaScript Blacklist Framework to prevent this vulnerability. Please refer to the Adobe TechNote for more information.

  Customers who are not able to utilize the JavaScript Blacklist functionality can mitigate the issue by disabling JavaScript in Adobe Reader and Acrobat using the instructions below:

  1) Launch Acrobat or Adobe Reader.
  2) Select Edit>Preferences.
  3) Select the JavaScript Category.
  4) Uncheck the "Enable Acrobat JavaScript" option.
  5) Click OK.

  Customers using Microsoft DEP (Data Execution Prevention) functionality available in certain versions of Microsoft Windows are at reduced risk in the following configurations:

  All versions of Adobe Reader 9 running on Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7
  Acrobat 9.2 running on Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7
  Acrobat and Adobe Reader 9.2 running on Windows XP SP3
  Acrobat and Adobe Reader 8.1.7 running on Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1, or Windows 7

  Patches:
  The following are links for downloading patches to fix these vulnerabilities:
  APSA09-07, APSB10-02 Mac OS(Acrobat Pro)
  APSA09-07, APSB10-02 Mac OS(Adobe Reader)
  APSA09-07, APSB10-02 Unix(Adobe Reader)
  APSA09-07, APSB10-02 Windows(Acrobat 3D)
  APSA09-07, APSB10-02 Windows(Acrobat Pro Extended)
  APSA09-07, APSB10-02 Windows(Acrobat Standard and Pro)
  APSA09-07, APSB10-02 Windows(Adobe Reader)

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