Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2008-4071 (CCN-45195)

Assigned:2008-09-11
Published:2008-09-11
Updated:2018-10-30
Summary:A certain ActiveX control in Adobe Acrobat 9, when used with Microsoft Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via an src property value with an invalid acroie:// URL.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
4.2 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
4.2 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-noinfo
CWE-20
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2008-4071

Source: SREASON
Type: UNKNOWN
4257

Source: CCN
Type: Adobe Web site
Adobe Acrobat

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 48422
Adobe Acrobat Unspecified ActiveX Malformed acroie:// URL Handling DoS

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
adobe-acrobat-activex-dos(45195)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
adobe-acrobat-activex-dos(45195)

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: UNKNOWN
6424

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    adobe acrobat 9
    microsoft internet explorer 7
    microsoft windows vista -
    adobe acrobat 9
    microsoft ie 7.0