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Adobe Reader / Adobe Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA13471  
Release Date: 2004-12-15

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Adobe Acrobat 6.x
Adobe Reader 6.x

CVE reference:CVE-2004-0597 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2004-1153 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or compromise a user's system.

1) A format string error within the eBook plug-in when parsing ".etd" files can be exploited to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted eBook containing format specifiers in the "title" and "baseurl" fields.

2) Multiple vulnerabilities in libpng have been acknowledged, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA12219

3) An error within the handling of Flash files embedded in PDF documents can be exploited to read the content of files on a user's system.

For more information:
SA12809

The vulnerabilities have been reported in versions 6.0.0 through 6.0.2.

Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, using the Network Software Inspector.

Solution:
Update to version 6.0.3.

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Greg MacManus, iDEFENSE Labs.

Original Advisory:
Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2679

iDEFENSE:
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=163&type=vulnerabilities

Other References:
SA12219:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12219/

SA12809:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12809/



Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.

10 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. Adobe Reader Unspecified Heap Corruption Vulnerability
2. Adobe Reader / Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities
3. Adobe Acrobat / Adobe Reader Insecure Default Permissions
4. Adobe Acrobat Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
5. Adobe Acrobat / Reader Plug-in Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
6. Adobe Reader / Adobe Acrobat Local Files Detection and Denial of Service
7. Adobe Acrobat / Adobe Reader Disclosure of Sensitive Information
8. Adobe Acrobat Reader ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
9. Adobe Acrobat / Reader File Extension Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
10. Adobe Acrobat Reader weak digital signature implementation


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