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Zero-Day Tracker
Common Name:
Adobe PDF Buffer Overflow
Date Disclosed:
2/19/2009
Expected Patch Release:
3/24/2009
Vendor:
Adobe
Application:
Acrobat (Reader | Standard | Pro) 9
Acrobat (Reader | Standard | Pro) 8
Acrobat (Reader | Standard | Pro) 7
Description:
A vulnerability exists within Adobe Acrobat that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a victims machine if they view a malicious PDF document.
Exploitation has been seen in-the-wild and is expected to increase as public attention increases.
Severity:
High
Code Execution:
Yes
Impact:
Arbitrary code execution under the context of the logged in user
Adobe Acrobat remote code execution vulnerabilities have very high impacts since the source of the malicious payload can be delivered via e-mail or websites. An even more critical problem is generated when clients are administrators on their local hosts, which would run the malicious payload with Administrator credentials.
Mitigation:
Disabling JavaScript mitigates the exploitability of this vulnerability.
Protection:
Links:
Adobe Information
CVE-2009-0658
Status:
2/12/2009 Exploit Detected In-The-Wild
2/19/2009 Public Information Released
Common Name:
Adobe PDF Buffer Overflow
Date Disclosed:
2/19/2009
Expected Patch Release:
3/24/2009
Vendor:
Adobe
Application:
Acrobat (Reader | Standard | Pro) 9
Acrobat (Reader | Standard | Pro) 8
Acrobat (Reader | Standard | Pro) 7
Description:
A vulnerability exists within Adobe Acrobat that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a victims machine if they view a malicious PDF document.
Exploitation has been seen in-the-wild and is expected to increase as public attention increases.
Severity:
High
Code Execution:
Yes
Impact:
Arbitrary code execution under the context of the logged in user
Adobe Acrobat remote code execution vulnerabilities have very high impacts since the source of the malicious payload can be delivered via e-mail or websites. An even more critical problem is generated when clients are administrators on their local hosts, which would run the malicious payload with Administrator credentials.
Mitigation:
Disabling JavaScript mitigates the exploitability of this vulnerability.
Protection:
- eEye's Blink® Personal Edition protects from this vulnerability.
- eEye's Blink® Professional Edition protects from this vulnerability.
- eEye's Retina® Network Security Scanner scans devices to detect for this vulnerability.
Links:
Adobe Information
CVE-2009-0658
Status:
2/12/2009 Exploit Detected In-The-Wild
2/19/2009 Public Information Released
