__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Filename Handler Buffer Overflow [Adobe Support Knowledgebase Document 330527] July 13, 2004 17:00 GMT Number O-176 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Adobe Acrobat Reader is a widely used viewer that renders PDF documents. It contains a vulnerability in its routine responsible for parsing the filename path. PLATFORM: Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader version 6.0.1 for Windows DAMAGE: A remote attacker may create a file that could cause arbitrary code to be executed on a vulnerable system. It is reported that this vulnerability may exploited on the Windows platform only. SOLUTION: Apply security updates. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is LOW. To exploit this vulnerability, a user must be ASSESSMENT: enticed to execute a suspicious file. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-176.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/34222.htm ADDITIONAL LINK: Security Tracker Alert ID: 1010676 http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Jul/1010676.htm CVE/CAN: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2004-0632 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start Adobe Support Knowledgebase Document 330527 *****] Issues addressed by the Acrobat 6.0.2 update and Adobe Reader 6.0.2 update This update fixes a number of problems discovered after Adobe Acrobat 6.0 and Adobe Reader 6.0 were released. This update applies to Acrobat 6.0.1 Standard, Acrobat 6.0.1 Professional, and Adobe Reader 6.0.1. It does not apply to Acrobat Elements 6.0. You can download the Acrobat 6.0.2 update and Adobe Reader 6.0.2 from the Adobe website: -- If you use Acrobat Standard or Professional, download the update to Acrobat 6.0.2 Standard or Professional at www.adobe.com/support/downloads/ main.html. -- If you use Adobe Reader, download Adobe Reader 6.0.2 at www.adobe.com/ products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Some of the issues addressed in this update involve technical details relating to the Adobe XML architecture. For more information about how Adobe uses and enhances this technology, please visit the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/ enterprise/xml.html. The following table lists the issues addressed by the Acrobat 6.0.2 update and Adobe Reader 6.0.2. Platform Category Issue addressed Windows, Mac OS Data Exchange Bar code-enabled forms properly generate 2D bar codes. Windows Security Security update to further restrict malicious code execution. Windows, Mac OS Data Exchange Support for forms generated by Adobe Designer 6.0 and deployed by Form Server 6.0 and Reader Extensions Server 6.0 that use Adobe's XML Forms architecture. Windows, Mac OS Data Exchange The XML Forms Architecture plug-in has been updated so that forms with JavaScript- based intelligence work properly. Windows, Mac OS Data Exchange Support for XML Data Package (XDP) files that are not based on XML Forms. Windows, Mac OS Data Exchange PDF data in XDP files is correctly exposed to XML agents. This document metadata (information about the document, author, and workflow) facilitates integration with enterprise systems. Windows, Mac OS Data Exchange Performance issues fixed around opening, submitting, importing or exporting XDP files. Windows, Mac OS Accessibility Hidden fields created with Adobe Designer 6.0 no longer cause screen readers to fail in some cases. [***** End Adobe Support Knowledgebase Document 330527 *****] _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Adobe for the information contained in this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. CIAC is also a founding member of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, a global organization established to foster cooperation and coordination among computer security teams worldwide. CIAC services are available to DOE, DOE contractors, and the NIH. 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