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Adobe Acrobat / Reader File Extension Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12053
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Release Date:
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2004-07-13
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Popularity:
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15,486 views
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Critical:
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Moderately 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 6.x
Adobe Reader 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-0632
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Description:
Greg MacManus has discovered a vulnerability 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 parsing and boundary error when splitting filename paths into components. This causes a stack-based buffer overflow when opening a file with an overly long, unhandled file extension.
Successful exploitation requires that a user is tricked into opening a malicious PDF document.
Solution:
Update to version 6.0.2.
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/34222.htm
Provided and/or discovered by:
Greg MacManus, iDEFENSE.
Original Advisory:
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=116&type=vulnerabilities
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