Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2015-0296 |
Date Published: | 26 Mar 2015 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Thursday 26 March, 2015 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2010-4091 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
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. |
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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) - Ver2