This host is installed with Adobe Reader/Acrobat and is prone to memory corruption and reemote code execution vulnerability

Successful exploitation will let attackers to crash an affected application or compromise a vulnerable system by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF file. Impact Level:Application

Upgrade to Adobe Reader version 9.4.4 or Acrobat 9.4.4 or 10.0.3 For updates refer to http://www.adobe.com ***** NOTE : No fix available for Adobe Reader X (10.x), vendors are planning to address this issue in next quarterly security update for Adobe Reader. *****

This issue is caused by a memory corruption error in the 'CoolType' library when processing the malformed Flash content within a PDF document.

Adobe Reader version prior to 9.4.4 and 10.x to 10.0.1 Adobe Acrobat version prior to 9.4.4 and 10.x to 10.0.2 on windows

Get the installed version with the help of detect NVT and check the version is vulnerable or not.

• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-08.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0923

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Updated on 2015-03-25