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TITLE:
Foxit Reader Firefox Plugin Memory Corruption Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37049

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37049/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Foxit Reader, which can be
exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Foxit Reader
plugin for Firefox (npFoxitReaderPlugin.dll). This can be exploited
to trigger a memory corruption by tricking a user into visiting a
specially crafted web page which repeatedly loads and unloads the
plugin.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

This is related to vulnerability #12 in:
SA36983

The vulnerability is confirmed with Foxit Reader version 3.1.2.1013
and Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not visit untrusted websites or follow untrusted links.

Disable the Foxit Reader plugin in Firefox.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Originally discovered in Adobe Reader by SkyLined.

Reported in Foxit Reader by MrX.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/198

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA36983:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36983/

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