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TITLE:
Adobe Reader Unspecified Heap Corruption Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23666

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23666/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
Piotr Bania has reported a vulnerability in Adobe Reader, which can
potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when
processing PDF files. This can be exploited to cause a heap
corruption and may allow execution of arbitrary code when a
specially-crafted PDF file is opened.

The vulnerability is reported in version 7.0.8 and prior. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 7.0.9 or upgrade to version 8.0.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Piotr Bania

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/adobe-acrobat-adv.txt

Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html

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