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Adobe Form Designer/Form Client Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA29330
Release Date: 2008-03-12
Popularity: 3,024 views

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

Software:Adobe Form Client 5.x
Adobe Form Designer 5.x

Binary Analysis: BA429 :: Available for 1 Credit
BA447 :: Available for 1 Credit

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-6253


Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Form Designer and Form Client, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors within multiple ActiveX controls (FileDlg.dll, SvrCopy.dll) and can be exploited to cause buffer overflows when a user e.g. is tricked into visiting a malicious website.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities affect Adobe Form Designer 5.0 and Adobe Form Client 5.0.

Solution:
Apply patch.
http://www.adobe.com/support/products...port_knowledge_center_formclient.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
Will Dormann of CERT/CC.

Changelog:
2008-03-12: Updated advisory with additional information. Added link to US-CERT.

Original Advisory:
APSB08-09:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-09.html

US-CERT VU#362849:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362849


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