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Adobe Reader and Acrobat Embedded BMP Memory Corruption (APSB12-01; CVE-2012-4373)

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-030
Date Published:
Severity:
Source: Adobe Security Bulletin: APSB12-01
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2011-4373
Protection Provided by: Security Gateway
  • R75
  • R71
  • R70
IPS-1
  • IPS-1
  • IPS-1 NGX R65
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 Details
The vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow 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.

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, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

How Can I Protect My Network?

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Reader and Acrobat Embedded BMP Memory Corruption (APSB12-01) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Adobe Reader Violation
Attack Information: Adobe Reader and Acrobat embedded BMP memory corruption (APSB12-01)

IPS-1 NGX R65 & IPS-1

How Can I Protect My Network?

  1. In the IPS-1 Policy Manager, click on the Protection tab.
  2. In the Protection tree, click Application Intelligence > Badfiles , and select the BMP Parser protection group.
  3. Click Adobe Reader and Acrobat Embedded BMP Memory Corruption (APSB12-01).
  4. In the configuration pane, under Settings, check Active.
  5. Click on Install Policy.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Upon attack, the following entries will be logged:

Alert Name: Badfiles BMP Parsing.
Description: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Embedded BMP Memory Corruption (APSB12-01).