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Sid
15729

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

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Impact:
Unknown.

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Detailed Information:
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2, and Adobe Flash Player 9.x through 9.0.159.0 and 10.x through 10.0.22.87, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted Flash application in a .pdf file or (2) a crafted .swf file, related to authplay.dll, as exploited in the wild in July 2009.

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Affected Systems:
Adobe Reader 9.x through 9.1.2
Adobe Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2
Adobe Flash Player 9.x through 9.0.159.0
Adobe Flash Player 10.x through 10.0.22.87  

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Attack Scenarios:
An attacker needs to supply a malicious file to the end user containing exploit code.

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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-2009-1862:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-1862
  
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