Check Point Advisories

Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Deflate Parameter Integer Overflow (CVE-2009-3459)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-2306
Date Published: 17 Dec 2014
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 12 December, 2016
Source: Adobe APSB09-15
Industry Reference:CVE-2009-3459
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70

Who is Vulnerable? Adobe Systems Acrobat 7.1.2 and prior
Adobe Systems Acrobat 8.1.5 and prior
Adobe Systems Acrobat 9.1.2 and prior
Adobe Systems Reader 7.1.2 and prior
Adobe Systems Reader 8.1.5 and prior
Adobe Systems Reader 9.1.2 and prior
Vulnerability Description Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open file format created by Adobe Systems. It is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a device and resolution independent fixed-layout document format. Successful exploitation of this issue will cause the application to become non-responsive, and may allow execution of arbitrary code on an affected system.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: APSB09-15

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block 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 R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Deflate Parameter Integer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Adobe Products Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Deflate Parameter Integer Overflow

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