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Sid
16324

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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:
The JavaScript for Acrobat API in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 does not properly implement the (1) Privileged Context and (2) Safe Path restrictions for unspecified JavaScript methods, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via the cPath parameter in a crafted PDF file.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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Affected Systems:
adobe acrobat 7.0
adobe acrobat 7.0.1
adobe acrobat 7.0.2
adobe acrobat 7.0.3
adobe acrobat 7.0.4
adobe acrobat 7.0.5
adobe acrobat 7.0.6
adobe acrobat 7.0.7
adobe acrobat 7.0.8
adobe acrobat 7.0.9
adobe acrobat 7.1.0
adobe acrobat 7.1.1
adobe acrobat 7.1.3
adobe acrobat 8.0.0
adobe acrobat 8.1
adobe acrobat 8.1.1
adobe acrobat 8.1.2
adobe acrobat 8.1.3
adobe acrobat 8.1.4
adobe acrobat 8.1.6
adobe acrobat 9.0
adobe acrobat 9.1.1
adobe acrobat 9.1.2
adobe acrobat 9.1.3

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Attack Scenarios:
An attacker can host a web site that will return code of their choosing to the object when a victim clicks on a malicious link.

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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-2009-2993:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-2993
 
Common Weakness Enumeration:
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html
 
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification:
http://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/100.html

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