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Sid
21765

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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 7.0.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption and overwrites a subroutine pointer during rendering.

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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

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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-2006-5857:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2006-5857
  
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