Adobe Reader and Acrobat 'AcroPDF.dll' ActiveX Control Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	36680
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2009-2987
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 13 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 26 2009 09:38PM
Credit:	Zhenhua Liu and XiaoPeng Zhang of Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team
Vulnerable:	Sun Solaris 10.0 Gentoo Linux Adobe Reader 9.1.3 Adobe Reader 9.1.2 Adobe Reader 9.1.2 Adobe Reader 9.1.1 Adobe Reader 8.1.6 Adobe Reader 8.1.6 Adobe Reader 8.1.5 Adobe Reader 8.1.4 Adobe Reader 8.1.3 Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Adobe Reader 8.1.1 Adobe Reader 7.1.3 Adobe Reader 7.1.2 Adobe Reader 7.1.1 Adobe Reader 7.0.9 Adobe Reader 7.0.9 Adobe Reader 7.0.8 Adobe Reader 7.0.8 Adobe Reader 7.0.7 Adobe Reader 7.0.6 Adobe Reader 7.0.5 Adobe Reader 7.0.4 Adobe Reader 7.0.3 Adobe Reader 7.0.2 Adobe Reader 7.0.1 Adobe Reader 7.0 Adobe Reader 9.1 Adobe Reader 9.0 Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Security Updat Adobe Reader 8.1 Adobe Reader 8.0 Adobe Reader 7.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.6 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.4 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.1.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.8 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.7 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.6 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.5 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.4 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.3 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.0 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.6 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.4 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.1.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.9 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.8 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.7 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.6 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.5 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.4 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.3 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.2 Security Updat Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.1 Adobe Acrobat 3D 8.1.3 Adobe Acrobat 3D 8.1.2 Adobe Acrobat 3D 0 Adobe Acrobat 9.1.1 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.3 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.2 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.1 Adobe Acrobat 7.0
Not Vulnerable:	Adobe Reader 8.1.7 Adobe Reader 7.1.4 Adobe Reader 9.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.7 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.1.4 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.7 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.1.4 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.2

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 'AcroPDF.dll' ActiveX Control Denial of Service Vulnerability

Adobe Reader and Acrobat are prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability in the 'AcroPDF.dll' ActiveX control.

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to view a malicious webpage.

Successful exploits may allow the attacker to crash the affected application that uses the ActiveX control (typically Internet explorer), denying service to legitimate users.

This issue affects versions *prior to* Reader and Acrobat 7.1.4, 8.1.7, and 9.2.

This issue was previously covered in BID 36638 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat October 2009 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities), but has been given its own record to better document it.

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 'AcroPDF.dll' ActiveX Control Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 'AcroPDF.dll' ActiveX Control Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 'AcroPDF.dll' ActiveX Control Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Adobe Homepage (Adobe)
  
• Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 240797 (Microsoft)
  
• Multiple Vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat / Reader (Fortinet)
  
• APSB09-15 Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat (Adobe)
  
• Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader for Solaris 10 May Allow Execu (Sun)