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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Adobe PDF Plug-In < 8.0

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks version of nppdf32.dll

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The browser test on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple
issues.

Description :

The version of Adobe PDF Plug-In installed on the remote host is
earlier than 7.0.9 / 8.0 and reportedly fails to properly sanitize
input to the 'FDF', 'XML', or 'XFDF' fields used by its 'Open
Parameters' feature. By tricking a user to access a specially-crafted
link and depending on the browser with which the test is used, a
remote attacker may be able to leverage these issues to conduct
arbitrary code execution, denial of service, cross-site script
forgery, or cross-site scripting attacks against a user on the remote
host.

See also :

http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=9
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455801/30/0/threaded
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815960
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa07-01.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html

Solution :

Either disable displaying of PDF documents in web browsers or upgrade
to Adobe Reader / Acrobat 8.0 / 7.0.9 or later.

Network Security Threat Level:

High / CVSS Base Score : 7.0
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/I:P/A:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 21858

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