Adobe Download Manager AOM File Section Name Buffer Overflow (CVE-2006-5856)

Adobe produces and distributes a custom Download Manager utility which is usually utilized for Adobe product updates and downloads. The Download Manager normally sets up file association entries in the Windows registry upon installation that associate it with the AOM file type. A buffer overflow...

Adobe Download Manager < 2.2 AOM File Handling Section Name Overflow

There is a version Adobe Download Manager installed on the remote Windows host that is vulnerable to a remote buffer overflow attack because the application fails to perform boundary checks while processing AOM files. In order to trigger this issue, an attacker needs to entice a user to visit a...

CVE-2006-5856

Summary (CVE-2006-5856): Adobe Download Manager (ADM) prior to version 2.2 contains a stack-based buffer overflow in the AOM file parser. A long section name in the dm.ini file (populated from AOM files) can be used by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation generally requires t...

CVE-2006-5856

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Adobe Download Manager before 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long section name in the dm.ini file, which is populated via an AOM file...