Preemptive Protection against Adobe Reader and Acrobat Embedded BMP Malicious JavaScript Memory Corruption (APSB12-01; CVE-2011-4372)
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2012-031 | |
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| Source: | Adobe Security Bulletin: APSB12-01 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2011-4372CVE-2011-2438 | |
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| 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. |
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Vulnerability Details The 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 vulnerabilityUsers 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.
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