Adobe Acrobat Reader ActiveX buffer overflow
| acrobat-reader-activex-bo (16998) |  High Risk |
Description:
Adobe Acrobat Reader is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the RTLHeapFree function of the ActiveX component. By creating a specially-crafted URL containing a long string, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system, once the link is clicked. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by hosting the malicious URL on a Web site or by sending it to a victim as an HTML email.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 6, 2008.
References:
- iDEFENSE Security Advisory 08.13.04: Adobe Acrobat/Acrobat Reader ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability .
- BID-10947: Adobe Acrobat/Acrobat Reader ActiveX Control URI Request Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-0629: Buffer overflow in the ActiveX component (pdf.ocx) for Adobe Acrobat 5.0.5 and Acrobat Reader, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URI for a PDF file with a null terminator (%00) followed by a long string.
Platforms Affected:
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5
Reported:
Aug 13, 2004
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