Known Exploited Vulnerability
7.8
HIGH
CVE-2008-2992
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerab - [Actively Exploited]
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 4, 2008, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 16, 2024, 5:41 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain an input validation issue in a JavaScript method that could potentially lead to remote code execution.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2008-2992 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-2992 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Adobe acrobat
2 Adobe acrobat_reader
1 Oracle solaris
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-2992.

URL Resource
http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/49520 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29773 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32700 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35163 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/ Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4549 Broken Link Exploit
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801 Broken Link
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609 Broken Link
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/adobe-reader-buffer-overflow Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/593409 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html Broken Link Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498027/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498032/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498055/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30035 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32091 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html Broken Link Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-072/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6994 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7006 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Python

Updated: 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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Born at : Dec. 8, 2023, 9:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVEs and Techniques used PDF as an attack vector.

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
54 stars 12 fork 12 watcher
Born at : June 22, 2022, 6:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 701 different CVEs too.

Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.

cisa-kev vulnerability 0day cisa exploits

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Born at : April 19, 2022, 8:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1181 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-2992 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-2992 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html No Types Assigned http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/49520 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/49520 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29773 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/29773 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32700 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/32700 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32872 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/32872 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/35163 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/35163 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/ Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4549 Exploit http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4549 Broken Link, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801 No Types Assigned http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609 No Types Assigned http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html Patch, Vendor Advisory http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.coresecurity.com/content/adobe-reader-buffer-overflow No Types Assigned http://www.coresecurity.com/content/adobe-reader-buffer-overflow Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/593409 US Government Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/593409 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html Patch http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html Broken Link, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498027/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498027/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498032/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498032/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498055/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498055/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30035 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30035 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32091 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32091 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001 Vendor Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098 Vendor Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-072/ No Types Assigned http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-072/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6994 No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6994 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7006 No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7006 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-119
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 8.1.2 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 8.1.2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 8.1.2 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 8.1.2
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498055/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498027/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498032/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498055/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498032/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498027/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6994 [Exploit]
    Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/7006 [Exploit]
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7006 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6994 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 04, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-2992 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-2992 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

97.16 }} -0.11%

score

0.99849

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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