CVE-2008-2992: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe
Product: Acrobat and Reader
Added to the catalog: 2022-03-03
Due date for US federal agencies: 2022-03-24
Weaknesses: CWE-119
Catalog version: 2026.10.30

Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain an input validation issue in a JavaScript method that could potentially lead to remote code execution.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware use: CISA marks this vulnerability as known to be used in ransomware campaigns. CISA does not say which group used it.

Links in CISA's notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2992

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NVD analysis

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2008-11-04T18:29:47.667
Last modified: 2026-06-16T22:54:53.110
Weaknesses: CWE-787

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.

Metric	Score	Severity	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	9.3	HIGH	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	[email protected] (Primary)

References

http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html (Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://osvdb.org/49520 (Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29773 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32700 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35163 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/ (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4549 (Broken Link, Exploit)
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801 (Broken Link)
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609 (Broken Link)
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html (Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/adobe-reader-buffer-overflow (Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/593409 (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html (Broken Link, Patch)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498027/100/0/threaded (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498032/100/0/threaded (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498055/100/0/threaded (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30035 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32091 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-072/ (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6994 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7006 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html (Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://osvdb.org/49520 (Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29773 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32700 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35163 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/ (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4549 (Broken Link, Exploit)
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801 (Broken Link)
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609 (Broken Link)
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html (Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/adobe-reader-buffer-overflow (Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/593409 (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html (Broken Link, Patch)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498027/100/0/threaded (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498032/100/0/threaded (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498055/100/0/threaded (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30035 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32091 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-072/ (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6994 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7006 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-2992 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner: mitre
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2008-11-04T18:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2025-10-22T00:05:55.512Z
Problem types: n/a

References

30035
32700
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609
20081104 Secunia Research: Adobe Acrobat/Reader "util.printf()" Buffer Overflow
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/
32091
49520
35163
249366
32872
7006
4549
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/adobe-reader-buffer-overflow
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-072/
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
20081104 ZDI-08-072: Adobe Acrobat PDF Javascript printf Stack Overflow Vulnerability
6994
ADV-2009-0098
29773
TA08-309A
1021140
20081104 CORE-2008-0526: Adobe Reader Javascript Printf Buffer Overflow
ADV-2008-3001
SUSE-SR:2008:026
RHSA-2008:0974
VU#593409
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)
Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)
Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2008-2992: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-c7235e67d163, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2008-2992 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-16T22:54:53.110.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-22T00:05:55.512Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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