Upstream information
Description
The JavaScript for Acrobat API in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 does not properly implement the (1) Privileged Context and (2) Safe Path restrictions for unspecified JavaScript methods, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via the cPath parameter in a crafted PDF file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 9.3 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SA:2009:049, published Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 | acroread | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 | acroread | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | acroread | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | acroread | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:00:32 2013CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 15:19:15 2024