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CVE-2008-2549 Detail

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF document, as demonstrated by 2008-HI2.pdf.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  06/04/2008

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29420
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42886
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5687

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 8.1.2

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2549
NVD Published Date:
06/04/2008
NVD Last Modified:
09/28/2017