Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2011-315 |
Date Published: | 21 Jun 2011 |
Severity: | Critical |
Last Updated: | Tuesday 21 June, 2011 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2011-2094 CVE-2011-2095 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | A buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution has been reported in Adobe Reader. The vulnerability is due to an incorrect handling of parameters when loading the 3D objects inside the Adobe Reader. Successful exploitation will create a denial of service condition, causing the application to become non-responsive, and may allow execution of arbitrary code once a malicious PDF file is loaded on a vulnerable system. |
This protection will detect and block malformed .ln files.
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This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Adobe Reader Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe Reader U3D image language buffer overflow (APSB11-16)