Adobe Acrobat PostScript to PDF file distilling buffer overflow
| acrobat-pdf-distilling-bo (27676) |  High Risk |
Description:
Adobe Acrobat is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when a distilling a PostScript file into a PDF file. By creating a malicious PostScript file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system, if the attacker could persuade a victim to distill the file into a PDF file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by hosting the malicious file on a Web site or sending it to a victim as an email attachment.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5.6 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 4.1 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Acrobat (6.0.5 or later), as listed in Adobe Product Security Bulletin APSB06-09. See References.
References:
- Adobe Product Security Bulletin APSB06-09: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat.
- BID-18943: Adobe Acrobat Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-3453: Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat 6.0 to 6.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors in a document that triggers the overflow when it is distilled to PDF.
- OSVDB ID: 27156: Adobe Acrobat PDF Distillation Overflow
- SA21014: Adobe Acrobat Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1016477: Adobe Acrobat Buffer Oveflow in Distilling to PDF Lets Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- US-CERT VU#167228: Adobe Acrobat fails to properly convert files to PDF
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2759: Adobe Acrobat Document Handling and Distillation Client-Side Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Adobe Acrobat 6.0
- Adobe Acrobat 6.0.1
- Adobe Acrobat 6.0.2
- Adobe Acrobat 6.0.3
- Adobe Acrobat 6.0.4
Reported:
Jul 11, 2006
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