Check Point Advisories

Adobe Reader AcroPDF ActiveX Control Remote Denial of Service (APSB09-15; CVE-2009-2987; CVE-2009-2992)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-248
Date Published:	14 Oct 2009
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 12 January, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-2987 CVE-2009-2992
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open file format created by Adobe Systems. It is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a device and resolution independent fixed-layout document format. A denial of service vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The vulnerability is caused by the Adobe Reader and Acrobat AcroPDF.DLL ActiveX control. A remote attacker could exploit this issue by convincing a user to visit a malicious Web page. Successful exploitation will create a denial of service condition, causing the application to become non-responsive.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the vulnerable ActiveX control.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Reader AcroPDF ActiveX Control Remote Denial of Service (APSB09-15) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe Reader AcroPDF ActiveX control remote denial of service (APSB09-15)