Check Point Advisories

Adobe Acrobat Reader Buffer Overflow (CVE-2009-0927)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-0554
Date Published:	13 Nov 2023
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 13 November, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-0927
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 and later, prior to 7.1.1 Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 and later, prior to 8.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0 and later, prior to 9.1
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system or cause application crashes.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Acrobat Reader Buffer Overflow (CVE-2009-0927) 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 Acrobat Reader Buffer Overflow (CVE-2009-0927)