Adobe Acrobat/Reader ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
8
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
09/27/1999
07/25/2018
07/25/2005
12/04/2013
Description
Certain versions of Adobe Acrobat/Reader are vulnerable to buffer overflow that is triggered when the ActiveX control parses corrupt PDF documents. As a result, a malicious web site can cause the local system to execute arbitrary code under the privileges of the Adobe process.
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