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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2042 |
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Original Page at CVE MITRE: CVE-2008-2042 |
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Description: The Javascript API in Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.9 and possibly 8.1.1 exposes a dangerous method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or trigger a buffer overflow via a crafted PDF file that invokes app.checkForUpdate with a malicious callback function. |
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CVE Status: Candidate |
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References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42237 SUNALERT http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1 ST 1019971 SREASON http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3861 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA30840 CONFIRM http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/491735/100/0/threaded |
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