Check Point Advisories

Adobe Acrobat Buffer Overflow (CVE-2010-2883)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-0673
Date Published:	20 Apr 2023
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 20 April, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-2883
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Adobe Acrobat 9.x before 9.4 Adobe Acrobat 8.x before 8.2.5
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Adobe Acrobat. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a denial of service or execution of arbitrary code into the affected system.

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 Buffer Overflow (CVE-2010-2883) 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 Buffer Overflow (CVE-2010-2883)