Check Point Advisories

Adobe Reader JavaScript printSeps Function Heap Corruption (APSB10-28; CVE-2010-4091)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2010-316
Date Published: 16 Nov 2010
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 12 January, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2010-4091
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 heap corruption vulnerability exits in the way Adobe Acrobat and Reader handle specially crafted PDF files. A remote attacker may exploit this issue via PDF files that contain JavaScript. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is due to a special Adobe Reader specific extension, the JavaScript function printSeps. A remote attacker may exploit this issue by specially crafting a PDF file that contains JavaScript code calling the printSeps function. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause the application to crash, allowing execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block PDF files that contain the vulnerable JavaScript function.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Reader JavaScript printSeps Function Heap Corruption (APSB10-28) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Adobe Reader Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Reader JavaScript printSeps function heap corruption (APSB10-28)

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