Adobe Acrobat Viewer ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:666

Info

Adobe Acrobat Viewer ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 666
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Unknown
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 27 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 27 1999 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was identified and posted to the Bugtraq Mailing List by Shane Hird <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Adobe Acrobat ActiveX Control 1.3.188
+ Adobe Acrobat Viewer 4.0
Not Vulnerable: Adobe Acrobat ActiveX Control 2.0.100
+ Adobe Acrobat Viewer 4.5

Discussion

Adobe Acrobat Viewer ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

There is a buffer overflow in the 1.3.188 version of the Adobe Acrobat ActiveX control (pdf.ocx) that ships with Acrobat Viewer 4.0. This ActiveX control is marked 'Safe for Scripting' within Internet Explorer 4.X. Arbitrary commands may be executed if the ActiveX control is run in a malicious manner

Exploit / POC

Adobe Acrobat Viewer ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

This code comes from Shane Hird's <[email protected]> post to Bugtraq.

Solution / Fix

Adobe Acrobat Viewer ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been corrected in the ActiveX control that ships with Acrobat 4.05 and later, available from:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

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