Description
The Javascript API in Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.9 and possibly 8.1.1 exposes a dangerous method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or trigger a buffer overflow via a crafted PDF file that invokes app.checkForUpdate with a malicious callback function.
References
- 3861 third-party-advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html
- ADV-2008-1966 vdb-entry
- 20080507 Adobe Acrobat Professional Javascript For PDF Security Feature Bypass and Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 239286 vendor-advisory
- adobe-appcheckforupdate-code-execution(42237) vdb-entry
- 30840 third-party-advisory
- 1019971 vdb-entry