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Sid
3-16146

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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:
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:


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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
  
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