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Adobe Acrobat Reader UnixAppOpenFilePerform Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15934
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Release Date:
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2005-07-06
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Popularity:
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15,042 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1625
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Acrobat Reader, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in "UnixAppOpenFilePerform()" when Acrobat Reader is opening a document containing a "/Filespec" tag. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Acrobat Reader by tricking the user to open a specially crafted PDF document.
The vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Acrobat Reader for Unix version 5.0.9 and 5.0.10.
Solution:
-- Linux and Solaris Platforms --
Update to Adobe Reader 7.0
-- IBM-AIX and HP-UX Platforms --
Update to Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.11
Provided and/or discovered by:
iDEFENSE
Original Advisory:
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329083.html
iDEFENSE:
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=279&type=vulnerabilities
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