Secunia Security Advisory - A weakness has been reported in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of certain system information.
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TITLE:
Adobe Reader / Adobe Acrobat Local File Detection Weakness
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15698
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15698/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of system information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Adobe Acrobat 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/4594/
Adobe Reader 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/4546/
DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, which
can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of certain
system information.
The problem is caused due to an error in the Adobe Reader control and
makes it possible to determine whether or not a particular file exists
on a user's system via XML scripts embedded in JavaScript.
The weakness affects versions 7.0 and 7.0.1 for Mac OS and Windows.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 7.0.2 for Windows.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/
An updated version is currently not available for Mac OS. Disable
JavaScript support.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Sverre H. Huseby.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331710.html
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