National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3958

Overview

Buffer overflow in the Download Manager in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Description

Per: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Download Manager that could lead to code execution (CVE-2009-3958).

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA10-013A

Name: TA10-013A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0103

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023446

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023446

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2010:008

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html