{"vuid":"VU#698924","idnumber":"698924","name":"Adobe Acrobat allows pointer overwrite via specially crafted PDF file","keywords":["Adobe","Reader","heap corruption","arbitrary code execution","subroutine overwrite","PDF file","cooltype"],"overview":"Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader fail to properly handle a specially crafted PDF file, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.","clean_desc":"Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader are applications designed to create and view Portable Document Format (PDF) files. A specially crafted PDF file can cause heap memory corruption when it is opened in these applications. This memory corruption may allow an attacker to overwrite the contents of the EIP (Extended Instruction Pointer) register, thus gaining control of program execution flow. According to Adobe, the affected versions are: Adobe Reader 7.0.8 and earlier versions\nAdobe Acrobat Standard, Professional and Elements 7.0.8 and earlier versions\nAdobe Acrobat 3D","impact":"A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.","resolution":"Apply an update\nApply an update, as specified in Adobe Security bulletin APSB07-01.","workarounds":"Disable the displaying of PDF documents in the web browser To prevent PDF documents from automatically being opened in a web browser: Open Adobe Acrobat Reader. Open the Edit menu. Choose the preferences option. Choose the Internet section. Un-check the \"Display PDF in browser\" check box. Do not access PDF documents from untrusted sources Do not open unfamiliar or unexpected PDF documents, particularly those hosted on web sites or delivered as email attachments. Please see Cyber Security Tip ST04-010. Any website that hosts a PDF document may be leveraged to exploit this vulnerability. Web site and network Administrators can take the following steps to prevent their web sites from being leveraged in attacks using this  vulnerability:","sysaffected":"","thanks":"Thanks to Piotr Bania for reporting this vulnerability.","author":"This document was written by Will Dormann.","public":["http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html","http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/adobe-acrobat-adv.txt","http://secunia.com/advisories/23666/","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21981","http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2007/Jan/1017491.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/23882/","http://secunia.com/advisories/23877/","http://secunia.com/advisories/23812/"],"cveids":["CVE-2006-5857"],"certadvisory":"","uscerttechnicalalert":null,"datecreated":"2007-01-10T14:42:21Z","publicdate":"2007-01-10T00:00:00Z","datefirstpublished":"2007-01-19T18:04:16Z","dateupdated":"2007-01-24T20:08:43Z","revision":15,"vrda_d1_directreport":"0","vrda_d1_population":"3","vrda_d1_impact":"3","cam_widelyknown":"10","cam_exploitation":"0","cam_internetinfrastructure":"10","cam_population":"17","cam_impact":"15","cam_easeofexploitation":"7","cam_attackeraccessrequired":"18","cam_scorecurrent":"12.04875","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknown":"18.073125","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknownexploited":"30.121875","ipprotocol":"","cvss_accessvector":"","cvss_accesscomplexity":"","cvss_authentication":null,"cvss_confidentialityimpact":"","cvss_integrityimpact":"","cvss_availabilityimpact":"","cvss_exploitablity":null,"cvss_remediationlevel":"","cvss_reportconfidence":"","cvss_collateraldamagepotential":"","cvss_targetdistribution":"","cvss_securityrequirementscr":"","cvss_securityrequirementsir":"","cvss_securityrequirementsar":"","cvss_basescore":"","cvss_basevector":"","cvss_temporalscore":"","cvss_environmentalscore":"","cvss_environmentalvector":"","metric":12.04875,"vulnote":null}