Known Exploited Vulnerability
7.3
HIGH
CVE-2010-2883
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overfl - [Actively Exploited]
Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in CoolType.dll in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4, and 8.x before 8.2.5 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF document with a long field in a Smart INdependent Glyphlets (SING) table in a TTF font, as exploited in the wild in September 2010. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 9, 2010, 10 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 28, 2024, 2:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.3
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2010-2883 has a 8 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-2010-2883 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 Apple macos
1 Microsoft windows
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-2010-2883.

URL Resource
http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html Broken Link
http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/09/10/brief-analysis-on-adobe-reader-sing-table-parsing-vulnerability-cve-2010-2883.aspx Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/41340 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43025 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-02.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/491991 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43057 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-2j.txt Broken Link
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2331 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0344 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11586 Broken Link

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2010-2883 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2010-2883 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]

    Jun. 28, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html No Types Assigned http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/09/10/brief-analysis-on-adobe-reader-sing-table-parsing-vulnerability-cve-2010-2883.aspx No Types Assigned http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/09/10/brief-analysis-on-adobe-reader-sing-table-parsing-vulnerability-cve-2010-2883.aspx Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/41340 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/41340 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/43025 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/43025 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html No Types Assigned http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/491991 US Government Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/491991 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43057 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43057 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-2j.txt No Types Assigned http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-2j.txt Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2331 Vendor Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2331 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191 Vendor Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0344 Vendor Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0344 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11586 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11586 Broken Link
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-119
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *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:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.3.4 OR cpe:2.3:a:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0 up to (excluding) 8.2.5 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.0 up to (excluding) 9.4 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *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:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.3.4 OR cpe:2.3:a:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0 up to (excluding) 8.2.5 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.0 up to (excluding) 9.4 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11586 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11586 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/61635 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 10, 2010

    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-2010-2883 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-2010-2883 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

96.00 }} -0.07%

score

0.99535

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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