Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document…

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that (1) performs unspecified actions on a Collab object that trigger memory corruption, related to a GetCosObj method; or (2) contains a malformed PDF object that triggers memory corruption during parsing.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

17.3% · top 2.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (20)

• 20081104 ZDI-08-074: Adobe Acrobat PDF Javascript getCosObj Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 32700 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-073/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 32100 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• adobe-acrobatreader-collab-code-execution(46344) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 249366 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 20081104 ZDI-08-073: Adobe Acrobat Reader Malformed PDF Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 32872 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 4564 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-074/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0098 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• TA08-309A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 1021140 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• ADV-2008-3001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• adobe-acrobatreader-object-code-execution(46333) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0974 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 10:31 UTC.