CVE-2008-2042

  • Last update: Apr 13, 2023

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.

Software From Fixed in
adobe / acrobat_reader - 8.1.1.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 3.0 3.0.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 3.01 3.01.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 3.02 3.02.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 4.0 4.0.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 4.0.5 4.0.5.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 4.0.5a 4.0.5a.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 4.0.5c 4.0.5c.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 4.5 4.5.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 5.0 5.0.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 5.0.10 5.0.10.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 5.0.11 5.0.11.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 5.0.5 5.0.5.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 5.0.6 5.0.6.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 5.0.7 5.0.7.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 5.0.9 5.0.9.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 5.1 5.1.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 6.0 6.0.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 6.0.1 6.0.1.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 6.0.2 6.0.2.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 6.0.3 6.0.3.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 6.0.4 6.0.4.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 6.0.5 6.0.5.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 6.0.6 6.0.6.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.0 7.0.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.0.1 7.0.1.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.0.2 7.0.2.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.0.3 7.0.3.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.0.4 7.0.4.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.0.5 7.0.5.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.0.6 7.0.6.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.0.7 7.0.7.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.0.8 7.0.8.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.0.9 7.0.9.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.1.0 7.1.0.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.1.1 7.1.1.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.1.2 7.1.2.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.1.3 7.1.3.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 7.1.4 7.1.4.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 8.0 8.0.x
adobe / acrobat_reader 8.1 8.1.x
adobe / acrobat - 8.1.1.x
adobe / acrobat 3.0 3.0.x
adobe / acrobat 3.1 3.1.x
adobe / acrobat 4.0 4.0.x
adobe / acrobat 4.0.5 4.0.5.x
adobe / acrobat 4.0.5a 4.0.5a.x
adobe / acrobat 4.0.5c 4.0.5c.x
adobe / acrobat 5.0 5.0.x
adobe / acrobat 5.0.10 5.0.10.x
adobe / acrobat 5.0.5 5.0.5.x
adobe / acrobat 5.0.6 5.0.6.x
adobe / acrobat 6.0 6.0.x
adobe / acrobat 6.0.1 6.0.1.x
adobe / acrobat 6.0.2 6.0.2.x
adobe / acrobat 6.0.3 6.0.3.x
adobe / acrobat 6.0.4 6.0.4.x
adobe / acrobat 6.0.5 6.0.5.x
adobe / acrobat 6.0.6 6.0.6.x
adobe / acrobat 7.0 7.0.x
adobe / acrobat 7.0.1 7.0.1.x
adobe / acrobat 7.0.2 7.0.2.x
adobe / acrobat 7.0.3 7.0.3.x
adobe / acrobat 7.0.4 7.0.4.x
adobe / acrobat 7.0.5 7.0.5.x
adobe / acrobat 7.0.6 7.0.6.x
adobe / acrobat 7.0.7 7.0.7.x
adobe / acrobat 7.0.8 7.0.8.x
adobe / acrobat 7.0.9 7.0.9.x
adobe / acrobat 7.1.0 7.1.0.x
adobe / acrobat 7.1.1 7.1.1.x
adobe / acrobat 7.1.2 7.1.2.x
adobe / acrobat 7.1.3 7.1.3.x
adobe / acrobat 7.1.4 7.1.4.x
adobe / acrobat 8.0 8.0.x
adobe / acrobat 8.1 8.1.x

Details

    • Severity: High
  • CVE: CVE-2008-2042
  • Published: May 8, 2008
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 9.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs