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Adobe Acrobat Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21014
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Release Date:
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2006-07-12
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Last Update:
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2006-07-24
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Popularity:
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9,894 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
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3453
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Acrobat, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when distilling files to PDF. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted file.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 6.0 through 6.0.4 for Windows and Macintosh.
Solution:
Update to version 6.0.5.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2006-07-24: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
Original Advisory:
Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-09.html
Other References:
US-CERT VU#167228:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/167228
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