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Sid
19118

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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. 

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Detailed Information:
The default configuration of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, does not enable the Enhanced Security feature, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, related to a "script injection vulnerability," as demonstrated by Acrobat Forms Data Format (FDF) behavior that allows cross-site scripting (XSS) by user-assisted remote attackers.

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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 6.0.6
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 7.1.2
adobe acrobat 7.1.3
adobe acrobat 7.1.4
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 8.1.5
adobe acrobat 8.1.6
adobe acrobat 8.1.7
adobe acrobat 9.0
adobe acrobat 9.1
adobe acrobat 9.1.1
adobe acrobat 9.1.2
adobe acrobat 9.1.3
adobe acrobat 9.2

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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-2009-3956:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-3956
  
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