Zero-day Vulnerability Database
Zero-day vulnerabilities discovered: 5
Remote code execution in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader
CVE-2009-4324
Use-after-free error
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to use-after-free error in the Doc.media.newPlayer method in Multimedia.api. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted .pdf file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Software: Adobe Reader
Known/fameous malware:
Trojan.Pidief.H
Links:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html
https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-present
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-121511-4614-99
http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214
http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/?p=74
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Sophisticated%2C+targeted+malicious+PDF+documents+exploiting+CVE-2009-432...
http://www.welivesecurity.com/2010/01/04/adobe-javascript-and-the-cve-2009-4324-exploit/http://temer...
http://www.bitdefender.com/news/critical-zero-day-exploits-hit-internet-explorer-and-adobe-reader-12...
https://www.decalage.info/exefilter_pdf_exploits
https://fe-ddis.dk/cfcs/CFCSDocuments/Zeroday.pdf
https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~tdumitra/public_documents/bilge12_zero_day.pdf
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-adobe-zero-day-vulnerability-again/
Remote code execution in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader
CVE-2009-3459
Heap-based buffer overflow
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow when processing a malformed PDF file. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted .pdf file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Software: Adobe Reader
Known/fameous malware:
PDF/Exploit.CVE-2009-3459.A
Links:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/New+Adobe+Vulnerability+Exploited+in+Targeted+Attacks/7300
http://www.enigmasoftware.com/adobe-reader-vulnerability-cve-2009-3459-allows-hackers-insert-backdoo...
https://vulners.com/metasploit/MSF:EXPLOIT/WINDOWS/BROWSER/ADOBE_FLATEDECODE_PREDICTOR02
http://temerc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7821
http://www.rationallyparanoid.com/articles/emet-testing.html
https://media.blackhat.com/bh-eu-10/presentations/Li_Lovet/BlackHat-EU-2010-Li-Lovet-Adobe-Heap-slid...
https://blog.didierstevens.com/2009/10/13/update-pdfid-version-0-0-9-to-detect-another-adobe-0day/
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-adobe-zero-day-exploit/
https://blog.fortinet.com/2009/10/19/on-the-recent-pdf-exploit
Remote code execution in Adobe Flash Player
CVE-2009-1862
Memory corruption
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to boundary error when parsing malformed files. A remote attacker can create a specially .pdf file or .swf file, related to authplay.dll, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Software: Adobe Flash Player
Known/fameous malware:
Trojan.Pidief.G
Troj/SWFExp-M
Troj/SWFExp-N
Links:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-03.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-072209-2512-99
https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/next-generation-flash-vulnerability
https://www.cnet.com/news/adobe-investigating-zero-day-bug-in-flash/
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/YA0D+%28Yet+Another+0-Day%29+in+Adobe+Flash+player/6847
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
http://www.nobunkum.ru/analytics/en-flash
http://idp.cyberoam.com/signatures/2090727071.html
Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat
CVE-2009-0927
Stack-based buffer overflow
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to stack-based buffer overflow in the getIcon() function. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted .pdf file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
The vulnerability was fixed at first in Adobe Reader 8.x branch, leaving vulnerable Adobe Reader 9.x. It is unclear, if this vulnerability was exploited before Adobe issued patch for Adobe Reader 8.x.
According to Symantec, they have spotted active exploitation of this vulnerability on April 6, 2009.
According to Trustwave report, this vulnerability was exploited in targeted attacks as a zero-day exploit targeting the aviation defense Industry. Given the confusion regarding exploitation we have considered to treat this vulnerability as a zero-day.
Software: Adobe Reader
Known/fameous malware:
TROJ_PIDIEF.OE
The vulnerability was fixed at first in Adobe Reader 8.x branch, leaving vulnerable Adobe Reader 9.x. It is unclear, if this vulnerability was exploited before Adobe issued patch for Adobe Reader 8.x.
According to Symantec, they have spotted active exploitation of this vulnerability on April 6, 2009.
According to Trustwave report, this vulnerability was exploited in targeted attacks as a zero-day exploit targeting the aviation defense Industry. Given the confusion regarding exploitation we have considered to treat this vulnerability as a zero-day.
Links:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/adobe-acrobatreader-geticon-vuln-exploit-...
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Library/Documents/2013-Trustwave-Global-Security-Report/?dl=1
http://www.ehackingnews.com/2012/09/pdf-exploits-targets-defense-industry.html
Remote code execution in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader
CVE-2009-0658
Buffer overflow
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to buffer overflow when parsing a malformed JBIG2 image stream. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted .pdf file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
According to Symantec the first exploitation of the vulnerability was discovered on 2008-09-02.
Software: Adobe Reader
Known/fameous malware:
Trojan.Pidief.E
Links:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-01.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-021212-5523-99&tabid=2
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/905281https://isc.sans.edu/diary/AdobeAcrobat+0-day+in+the+wild%3F/59...
http://blog.talosintel.com/2009/02/homebrew-patch-for-adobe-acroreader-9.html
https://www.secureworks.com/blog/research-20947
http://blog.securityactive.co.uk/2009/02/23/adobe-reader-and-acrobat-buffer-overflow-cve-2009-0658/
https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~tdumitra/public_documents/bilge12_zero_day.pdf