CVE-2011-2462 on CISA KEV

Unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.1 and earlier on Windows and Mac OS X, and Adobe Reader 9.x through 9.4.6 on UNIX, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unknown vector

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

Unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.1 and earlier on Windows and Mac OS X, and Adobe Reader 9.x through 9.4.6 on UNIX, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in December 2011.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00020.html
• www.adobe.com — http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-01.html
• www.adobe.com — http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-04.html
• www.redhat.com — http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0011.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00019.html
• www.adobe.com — http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-30.html
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-350A.html

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
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06Detection

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