Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities
Last Update Date:
28 Jan 2011
Release Date:
11 Jun 2009
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RISK: Medium Risk
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. These issues are caused by memory corruption errors, and integer and heap overflows in the JBIG2 filter and within the handling of PDF data, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF document.
Impact
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
- Adobe Reader versions prior to 9.1.2
- Adobe Reader versions prior to 8.1.6
- Adobe Reader versions prior to 7.1.3
- Adobe Acrobat Standard versions prior to 9.1.2
- Adobe Acrobat Pro versions prior to 9.1.2
- Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended versions prior to 9.1.2
- Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 8.1.6
- Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 7.1.3
Solutions
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
Upgrade to Adobe Reader and Acrobat version 9.1.2, 8.1.6 and 7.1.3 :
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-07.html
Vulnerability Identifier
- CVE-2009-0198
- CVE-2009-0509
- CVE-2009-0510
- CVE-2009-0511
- CVE-2009-0888
- CVE-2009-0889
- CVE-2009-1855
- CVE-2009-1856
- CVE-2009-1857
- CVE-2009-1858
- CVE-2009-1859
- CVE-2009-1861
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