CVE-2013-0641
HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 98th pctlDescription
Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.4, 10.x before 10.1.6, and 11.x before 11.0.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
Adobe Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Adobe Reader which allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.
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Remediation due: 2022-03-24
References
- http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2013/02/in-turn-its-pdf-time.html
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2013/02/adobe-reader-and-acrobat-vulnerability-report.html
- http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/digging-into-the-sandbox-escape-technique-of-the-recent-pdf-exploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00024.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0551.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/422807
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16296
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-0641
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