Check Point Advisories

Preemptive Protection against Adobe Reader and Acrobat Embedded BMP Malicious JavaScript Memory Corruption (APSB12-01; CVE-2011-4372)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-031
Date Published: 17 Jan 2012
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Thursday 28 March, 2024
Source: CVE-2011-4372
CVE-2011-2438
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R70

  • R71
  • R75

  • 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 DetailsThe vulnerability is due to an error 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.

    No update is required to address this vulnerability

    Users are protected against this vulnerability if the Adobe Reader Image Texture BMP File Memory Corruption (APSB11-24) protection found in the Protection section of CPAI-2011-421 has been applied.

    Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

    1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Reader Image Texture BMP File Memory Corruption (APSB11-24) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
    2. Install policy on all modules.

    SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
    Attack Name: Adobe Reader Violation
    Attack Information: Adobe Reader image texture BMP file memory corruption (APSB11-24)

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