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Sid
16676

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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:
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in October 2009. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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Affected Systems:
Adobe Acrobat 3.0
Adobe Acrobat 3.1
Adobe Acrobat 4.0
Adobe Acrobat 4.0.5
Adobe Acrobat 4.0.5a
Adobe Acrobat 4.0.5c
Adobe Acrobat 5.0
Adobe Acrobat 5.0.10
Adobe Acrobat 5.0.5
Adobe Acrobat 5.0.6
Adobe Acrobat 6.0
Adobe Acrobat 6.0.1
Adobe Acrobat 6.0.2
Adobe Acrobat 6.0.3
Adobe Acrobat 6.0.4
Adobe Acrobat 6.0.5
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 7.1.3
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
Adobe Acrobat 9.0.0
Adobe Acrobat 9.1
Adobe Acrobat 9.1.1
Adobe Acrobat 9.1.2
Adobe Acrobat 9.1.3

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Attack Scenarios:
Format string vulnerabilities can be very simple to attack. Any program that reads a format string as an input parameter can be exploited if the argument can be controlled by the attacker.

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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-2009-3459:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-3459
 
Common Weakness Enumeration:
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/134.html
 
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification:
http://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/100.html

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