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TITLE:
Adobe Reader Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23483

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23483/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Adobe Reader 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/1810/
Adobe Reader 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/4546/

DESCRIPTION:
Stefano Di Paola and Giorgio Fedon have discovered a vulnerability in
Adobe Reader, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to a hosted PDF file is not properly sanitised by the
browser plug-in before being returned to users. This can be exploited
to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session in
context of an affected site.

Example:
http://[host]/[filename].pdf#test=javascript:[code]

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 6.0.1 for Windows via
Internet Explorer 6 and version 7.0.8 for Windows via Firefox
2.0.0.1. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Upgrade to version 8.0.0.

Do not visit untrusted sites nor follow links from untrusted sources.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Stefano Di Paola and Giorgio Fedon

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