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Adobe Reader / Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA23483
Release Date: 2007-01-03
Last Update: 2007-01-18
Popularity: 43,570 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Hijacking
Cross Site Scripting
DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Adobe Acrobat 3.x
Adobe Acrobat 4.x
Adobe Acrobat 3D 8.x
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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Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

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

Change Page:
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