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>> Adobe Acrobat and Reader Plug-in Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : Adobe Acrobat and Reader Plug-in Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1434
CVE ID : CVE-2005-2470
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-08-16

Technical Description

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A vulnerability was identified in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to an unspecified buffer overflow error in the core application plug-in, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system by convincing a user to read a specially crafted PDF document.

Affected Products

Adobe Reader versions 7.0 through 7.0.2
Adobe Reader versions 6.0 through 6.0.3
Adobe Reader 5.1

Adobe Acrobat versions 7.0 through 7.0.2
Adobe Acrobat versions 6.0 through 6.0.3
Adobe Acrobat 5.1

Solution

Adobe Reader (Windows or Mac OS) - Upgrade to version 7.0.3 or 6.0.4
Adobe Reader (Linux or Solaris) - Upgrade to version 7.0.1
Adobe Acrobat (Windows or Mac OS) - Upgrade to version 7.0.3, 6.0.4, or 5.0.10

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1434
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321644.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by the vendor

ChangeLog

2005-08-16 : Initial release

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