Check Point Advisories

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Embedded BMP Memory Corruption (APSB12-01; CVE-2012-4373)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-030
Date Published:	17 Jan 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 25 November, 2024
Source:	CVE-2011-4373
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75 R71 R70 IPS-1 IPS-1 IPS-1 NGX R65
Who is Vulnerable?	Adobe Reader X (10.1.1) and earlier 10.x versions for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Reader 9.4.7 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows Adobe Reader 9.4.6 and earlier 9.x versions for Macintosh Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.1) and earlier 10.x versions for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Acrobat 9.4.7 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows Adobe Acrobat 9.4.6 and earlier 9.x versions for Macintosh
Vulnerability Description	A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow while loading specially crafted BMP image resources from a PDF file. A remote attacker may exploit this issue by enticing a target user to open a malicious PDF file with an affected version of Adobe Reader or Acrobat. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system.

Protection Overview

IPS will detect and block the transferring of specially crafted PDF files.

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, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Reader and Acrobat Embedded BMP Memory Corruption (APSB12-01) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Adobe Reader Violation
Attack Information: Adobe Reader and Acrobat embedded BMP memory corruption (APSB12-01)