VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2008-2992
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 98.5%
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that calls the util.printf JavaScript function with a crafted format string argument, a related issue to CVE-2008-1104.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 98.48% probability · 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 March 2022 · due 24 March 2022 · used in ransomware campaigns
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- adobe/acrobat · adobe/acrobat reader · oracle/solaris
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2992
References
- http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/49520Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29773Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32700Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32872Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35163Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4549Broken Link, Exploit
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801Broken Link
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609Broken Link
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/adobe-reader-buffer-overflowThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/593409Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.htmlBroken Link, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498027/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498032/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498055/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30035Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32091Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-072/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6994Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7006Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/49520Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.