Adobe Acrobat 9 Unspecified PDF Document Encryption Weakness

Bugtraq ID:	32610
Class:	Unknown
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 03 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 03 2008 10:51PM
Credit:	ElcomSoft
Vulnerable:	Adobe Acrobat Standard 9 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9
Not Vulnerable:

Adobe Acrobat 9 Unspecified PDF Document Encryption Weakness

Adobe Acrobat 9 is prone to an unspecified weakness related to encrypted PDF documents.

Attackers may be able to view encrypted documents or gain access to encryption passwords.

Adobe Acrobat 9 Unspecified PDF Document Encryption Weakness

Commercial tools that take advantage of this weakness are available; please see the references for more information.

Adobe Acrobat 9 Unspecified PDF Document Encryption Weakness

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Adobe Acrobat 9 Unspecified PDF Document Encryption Weakness

References:

• Acrobat 9 and password encryption (Adobe)
  
• Acrobat Homepage (Adobe)
  
• ElcomSoft Claims Adobe Acrobat 9 Is a Hundred Times Less Secure. (ElcomSoft)