Rule

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Sid
15562

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat.

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Impact:
Unknown.

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Detailed Information:
Adobe Reader 7 and Acrobat 7 before 7.1.3, Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8 before 8.1.6, and Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 before 9.1.2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger memory corruption.

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Affected Systems:
Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Difficult.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2009-1859:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-1859
  
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