Check Point Advisories

Adobe Reader Crafted URI Action in PDF File Cross-Site Scripting (APSB11-03; CVE-2011-0587)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2011-033
Date Published:	23 Feb 2011
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 23 February, 2011
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2011-0587
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Adobe Reader and Acrobat is a family of computer programs developed by Adobe Systems, designed to view, create, manipulate and manage files in Adobe's core technology, the Portable Document Format (PDF). A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. PDF files can contain OpenActions, which are actions that are executed when a document is opened. URI actions are a type of OpenAction that cause a specified URI to be resolved. The vulnerability occurs when Adobe Reader opens a PDF file with a specially crafted URI action. Successful exploitation of this issue will allow the attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML to the vulnerable system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed PDF files over HTTP.

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 Crafted URI Action in PDF File Cross-Site Scripting (APSB11-03) 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: Adobe Reader Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe Reader crafted URI action in PDF file cross-site scripting (APSB11-03)