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acroread -- buffer overflow vulnerability

Affected packages
0 <= acroread4
0 <= acroread5
acroread < 7.0.0
5.*,1 < acroread < 7.0.0,1

Details

VuXML ID 70c59485-ee5a-11d9-8310-0001020eed82
Discovery 2005-07-05
Entry 2005-07-06

An Adobe Security Advisory reports:

A vulnerability within Adobe Reader has been identified. Under certain circumstances, remote exploitation of a buffer overflow in Adobe Reader could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

If exploited, it could allow the execution of arbitrary code under the privileges of the local user. Remote exploitation is possible if the malicious PDF document is sent as an email attachment or if the PDF document is accessed via a web link.

References

CVE Name CVE-2005-1625
Message FB24803D1DF2A34FA59FC157B77C97050462A5E2@IDSERV04.idef.com
URL http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329083.html