VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4817
The Download Manager in Adobe Acrobat Professional and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that calls an AcroJS function with a long string argument, triggering heap corruption.
HIGH 9.3EPSS 8.91%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.91%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Download Manager in Adobe Acrobat Professional and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that calls an AcroJS function with a long string argument, triggering heap corruption.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 8.91% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- adobe/acrobat · adobe/acrobat reader
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=756
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/49541
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32700
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098
- http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=756
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/49541
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32700
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.