CVE-2008-2992
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-11-04 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:21
Severity ?
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that calls the util.printf JavaScript function with a crafted format string argument, a related issue to CVE-2008-1104.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/49520Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/29773Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32700Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32872Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/35163Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4549Broken Link, Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.coresecurity.com/content/adobe-reader-buffer-overflowThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/593409Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.htmlBroken Link, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498027/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498032/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498055/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30035Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32091Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-072/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6994Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7006Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/49520Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29773Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32700Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32872Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35163Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4549Broken Link, Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.coresecurity.com/content/adobe-reader-buffer-overflowThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/593409Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.htmlBroken Link, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498027/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498032/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498055/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30035Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32091Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-072/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6994Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7006Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-03-03

Due date: 2022-03-24

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2992

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