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Actively exploited · Published Nov 4, 2008 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2008-2992

High 7.8 Exploited Ransomware

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write in Acrobat and Reader from Adobe. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 3, 2022). It has been used in ransomware campaigns. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 99.8% (higher than 99.9% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, public proof-of-concept code. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)99.8%top 0.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Mar 3, 2022
Attack tooling2Metasploit, Public PoC

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Mar 24, 2022.

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

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Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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