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Adobe Reader / Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23483
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Release Date:
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2007-01-03
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Last Update:
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2007-01-18
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Popularity:
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36,492 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Hijacking
Cross Site Scripting
DoS
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 3.x
Adobe Acrobat 4.x
Adobe Acrobat 3D
Adobe Acrobat 5.x
Adobe Acrobat 6.x
Adobe Acrobat 7.x
Adobe Acrobat Elements 6.x
Adobe Acrobat Elements 7.x
Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.x
Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.x
Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.x
Adobe Reader 6.x
Adobe Reader 7.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-0045
CVE-2007-0046
CVE-2007-0048
CVE-2007-0044
CVE-2007-0047
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Description:
Stefano Di Paola and Giorgio Fedon have discovered some vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, as a vector for conducting cross-site request forgery attacks, or potentially compromise a user's system.
1) Input passed to a hosted PDF file is not properly handled by the browser plug-in, which can be exploited to cause memory corruption and potential execution of arbitrary code.
Example:
http://[host]/[filename].pdf#[some text]=javascript:document.write('[string including some "." characters]');
2) Input passed to a hosted PDF file is not properly sanitised by the browser plug-in before being returned to users. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Example:
- http://[host]/[filename].pdf#[some text]=javascript:[code]
3) Input passed to a hosted PDF file is not properly sanitised by the browser plug-in and allows requesting arbitrary URLs, which provides a vector for performing CSRF attacks.
Example:
http://[host]/[filename].pdf#[some text]=[site]
It is also possible to cause the browser to stop responding by passing a lot of "#" characters.
The vulnerabilities are confirmed in Adobe Reader version 6.0.1 for Windows via Internet Explorer 6 and version 7.0.8 for Windows via Firefox 2.0.0.1. The following products are reportedly affected as well:
* Adobe Acrobat 3D
* Adobe Acrobat Standard, Professional, and Elements version 7.0.8 and prior
* other Adobe Reader versions prior to 7.0.8
Solution:
Upgrade to version 8.0.0.
Adobe Reader / Acrobat 7.0 through 7.0.8:
Update to version 7.0.9.
Adobe Reader / Acrobat 6.0–6.0.5:
Update to version 6.0.6.
Do not visit untrusted sites nor follow links from untrusted sources.
Provided and/or discovered by:
1-3) Stefano Di Paola
Browser DoS reported by:
* Giorgio Fedon
Changelog:
2007-01-04: Added link to US-CERT. Added additional information in the description.
2007-01-05: Updated list of affected products.
2007-01-10: Updated "Solution Status" and "Solution" section to reflect fixed version. Added CVE identifiers.
2007-01-17: Updated "Solution" section to include additional information from Adobe.
2007-01-18: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa07-01.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3580
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3579
Wisec:
http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=9
Other References:
US-CERT VU#815960:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815960
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