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>> Adobe Pagemaker PMD File Handling Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Title : Adobe Pagemaker PMD File Handling Code Execution Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2955
CVE ID : CVE-2007-5394 - CVE-2007-6021 - CVE-2007-6432
CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-30



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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Pagemaker, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system.

The first issue is caused by a stack overflow error when processing font structures in a ".PMD" file, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PMD file.

The second vulnerability is caused by a heap overflow error when processing certain structures in a ".PMD" file, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code via a malicious PMD file.

The third issue is caused by an unspecified error when processing malformed PMD files, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Affected Products

Adobe PageMaker version 7.0.1
Adobe PageMaker version 7.0.2

Solution

Apply patch (fixes two vulnerabilities) :
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/downloads/APSA08-10.zip

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2955
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-10.html
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-80/

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by JJ Reyes (Secunia Research) and iDefense Labs.

ChangeLog

2008-10-30 : Initial release

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