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Adobe Acrobat Reader ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12303
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Release Date:
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2004-08-16
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Last Update:
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2004-08-18
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Popularity:
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38,839 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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Partial Fix
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| Software: | Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.x
Adobe Reader 6.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Rafel Ivgi has reported 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 boundary error within the "pdf.ocx" ActiveX component supplied with Adobe Acrobat Reader. This can e.g. be exploited via a malicious website using a specially crafted URL to potentially execute arbitrary code.
Example:
http://[host]/[directory]/[existing_pdf].pdf%00[long_string]
NOTE: This only works on servers, which truncate the URL before the "%00" sequence (e.g. IIS and Netscape Enterprise).
The vulnerability has been reported in version 5.0.5. Other versions may also be affected.
Change Page:
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