CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2042
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-05-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The Javascript API in Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.9 and possibly 8.1.1 exposes a dangerous method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or trigger a buffer overflow via a crafted PDF file that invokes app.checkForUpdate with a malicious callback function.
Affected configurations
• adobe acrobat (<= 8.1.1)
• adobe acrobat 3.0
• adobe acrobat 3.1
• adobe acrobat 4.0
• adobe acrobat 4.0.5
• adobe acrobat 4.0.5a
• adobe acrobat 4.0.5c
• adobe acrobat 5.0
• adobe acrobat 5.0.5
• adobe acrobat 5.0.6
• adobe acrobat 5.0.10
• adobe acrobat 6.0
• adobe acrobat 6.0.1
• adobe acrobat 6.0.2
• adobe acrobat 6.0.3
• adobe acrobat 6.0.4
• adobe acrobat 6.0.5
• adobe acrobat 6.0.6
• adobe acrobat 7.0
• adobe acrobat 7.0.1
• adobe acrobat 7.0.2
• adobe acrobat 7.0.3
• adobe acrobat 7.0.4
• adobe acrobat 7.0.5
• adobe acrobat 7.0.6
• adobe acrobat 7.0.7
• adobe acrobat 7.0.8
• adobe acrobat 7.0.9
• adobe acrobat 7.1.0
• adobe acrobat 7.1.1
• adobe acrobat 7.1.2
• adobe acrobat 7.1.3
• adobe acrobat 7.1.4
• adobe acrobat 8.0
• adobe acrobat 8.1
• adobe acrobat reader (<= 8.1.1)
• adobe acrobat reader 3.0
• adobe acrobat reader 3.01
• adobe acrobat reader 3.02
• adobe acrobat reader 4.0
• adobe acrobat reader 4.0.5
• adobe acrobat reader 4.0.5a
• adobe acrobat reader 4.0.5c
• adobe acrobat reader 4.5
• adobe acrobat reader 5.0
• adobe acrobat reader 5.0.5
• adobe acrobat reader 5.0.6
• adobe acrobat reader 5.0.7
• adobe acrobat reader 5.0.9
• adobe acrobat reader 5.0.10
• adobe acrobat reader 5.0.11
• adobe acrobat reader 5.1
• adobe acrobat reader 6.0
• adobe acrobat reader 6.0.1
• adobe acrobat reader 6.0.2
• adobe acrobat reader 6.0.3
• adobe acrobat reader 6.0.4
• adobe acrobat reader 6.0.5
• adobe acrobat reader 6.0.6
• adobe acrobat reader 7.0
… and 16 more
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30840 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3861 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019971 securitytracker.com
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1 sunsolve.sun.com
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491735/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42237 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30840 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3861 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019971 securitytracker.com
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1 sunsolve.sun.com
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491735/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42237 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com