Adobe Acrobat fails to properly convert files to PDF

Overview

A vulnerability exists in Adobe Acrobat that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Description

Adobe Acrobat contains a buffer overflow in the code that converts files to PDF. If an attacker can convince a user to create a PDF using specially-crafted input, that attacker may be able to trigger the overflow.

Adobe reports this vulnerability only affects Adobe Acrobat versions 6.0.4 and earlier. For more information refer to Adobe Security bulletin APSB06-09.

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Impact

An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause the instance of Adobe Acrobat to terminate.

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Solution

Upgrade
Upgrade to Acrobat 6.0.5.

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Vendor Information

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Adobe Affected

Notified: July 13, 2006 Updated: July 21, 2006

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

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References

• <http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-09.html&gt;
• <http://secunia.com/advisories/21014/&gt;

Acknowledgements

This vulnerability was reported by Adobe.

This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2006-3453
Severity Metric:	0.08 Date Public: