CVE-2008-2549

Public Exploit

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF document, as demonstrated by 2008-HI2.pdf.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 59.50% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory oracle.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32700	third party advisory
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35163	third party advisory
http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42886	vdb entry
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5687	exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29420	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098	vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001	vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html	vendor advisory
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2549?: CVE-2008-2549 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2549?: To fix CVE-2008-2549, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-2549 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2008-2549 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~60% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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