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Secunia Security Advisory 23483

Secunia Security Advisory 23483
Posted Jan 3, 2007
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - 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.

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Secunia Security Advisory 23483

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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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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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