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Adobe Reader Unspecified Heap Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA23666
Release Date: 2007-01-10
Last Update: 2007-01-22
Popularity: 37,029 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Adobe Reader 6.x
Adobe Reader 7.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Piotr Bania has reported a vulnerability in Adobe Reader, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when processing PDF files. This can be exploited to cause a heap corruption and may allow execution of arbitrary code when a specially-crafted PDF file is opened.

The vulnerability is reported in version 7.0.8 and prior. Other versions may also be affected.

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