full-disclosure - Re: ZDI-09-014: Adobe Acrobat getIcon() StackOverflow Vulnerability

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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:14:13 -0400
From: "Larry Seltzer" <larry@...ryseltzer.com>
To: "Jeremy Brown" <0xjbrown41@...il.com>, <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: ZDI-09-014: Adobe Acrobat getIcon()
	StackOverflow Vulnerability

It looks like this was fixed in 9.1, the version from a week or two ago. Why wasn't the vulnerability disclosed until now?

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larry.seltzer@...fdavisenterprise.com


-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk] On Behalf Of Jeremy Brown
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:59 PM
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] ZDI-09-014: Adobe Acrobat getIcon() StackOverflow Vulnerability

Maybe Adobe should rethink the word "security". It seems,
misinterpreted at best, when implemented in most all of their
products. God help the developers.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:51 PM, ZDI Disclosures
<zdi-disclosures@...pingpoint.com> wrote:
> ZDI-09-014: Adobe Acrobat getIcon() Stack Overflow Vulnerability
> http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-014
> March 24, 2009
>
> -- CVE ID:
> CVE-2009-0927
>
> -- Affected Vendors:
> Adobe
>
> -- Affected Products:
> Adobe Acrobat
>
> -- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
> TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
> vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 6255.
> For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS, visit:
>
>    http://www.tippingpoint.com
>
> -- Vulnerability Details:
> This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
> vulnerable installations of Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. User
> interaction is required in that a user must visit a malicious web site
> or open a malicious file.
>
> The specific flaw exists when processing malicious JavaScript contained
> in a PDF document. When supplying a specially crafted argument to the
> getIcon() method of a Collab object, proper bounds checking is not
> performed resulting in a stack overflow. If successfully exploited full
> control of the affected machine running under the credentials of the
> currently logged in user can be achieved.
>
> -- Vendor Response:
> Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
> details can be found at:
>
> http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
>
> -- Disclosure Timeline:
> 2008-07-03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
> 2009-03-24 - Coordinated public release of advisory
>
> -- Credit:
> This vulnerability was discovered by:
>    * Tenable Network Security
>
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