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activePDF DocConverter Multiple Parsing Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA28140
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Release Date: 2008-04-08
Last Update: 2008-06-06
Popularity: 3,110 views

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

Software:activePDF DocConverter 3.8.x
Binary Analysis: BA439 :: Available for 1 Credit
BA451 :: Available for 1 Credit

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Secunia Research has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in activePDF DocConverter, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to various errors within certain third-party file viewers and can be exploited to cause buffer overflows when a specially crafted file is converted into PDF.

The vulnerabilities are related to:
SA28209

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 3.8.4.0. Other versions may also be affected.

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