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Sid
15867

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

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that (1) performs unspecified actions on a Collab object that trigger memory corruption, related to a GetCosObj method; or (2) contains a malformed PDF object that triggers memory corruption during parsing.

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Affected Systems:
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.2
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.2
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.2
Adobe Acrobat 8.1.2

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple. Exploits exist.

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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-2008-4813:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2008-4813
  
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