Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Extra Coverage
February 24th, 2009
After additional research, the Sourcefire VRT has added improved detection for a vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader to reduce the possibility of false positive events from occurring.
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow: Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Reader contain a programming error that may allow remote attackers to execute code on a vulnerable system. The error occurs in the processing of files that use the JBIG2 compression routines on PDF files. This issue affects both products on Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X platforms. A previously released rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in this release and is now identified with GID 1, SID 15358. This rule was previously identified with GID 1, SID 15356. Also, extra rules have been added to detect malicious pdf files being sent via email as well as a generic rule to detect any pdf files being sent via email.
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