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Sid
17587

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

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

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Detailed Information:
Adobe Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader) 7.0 through 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument string to the LoadFile method in an AcroPDF ActiveX control.

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Affected Systems:
adobe acrobat reader 7.0
adobe acrobat reader 7.0.1
adobe acrobat reader 7.0.2
adobe acrobat reader 7.0.3
adobe acrobat reader 7.0.4
adobe acrobat reader 7.0.5
adobe acrobat reader 7.0.6
adobe acrobat reader 7.0.7
adobe acrobat reader 7.0.8

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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-2006-6027:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2006-6027
  
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