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[Full-disclosure] Secunia Research: PDF-XChange Viewer Content Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability
From: Secunia Research <remove-vuln_at_nospam>Date: Mon Jan 04 2010 - 13:57:33 GMT
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Secunia Research 04/01/2010
- PDF-XChange Viewer Content Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability -
Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
- PDF-XChange Viewer 2.0.42.9
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote
3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Those wishing to view PDF files on their Windows PC's now have a choice when it comes to Viewing PDF files - the PDF-XChange Viewer is smaller, faster and more feature rich than the Adobe Reader which has until now been the Reader of choice for PDF files - we think that's about to change!".
Product Link:
http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/
4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in PDF-XChange Viewer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in PDFXCview.exe when parsing certain content and can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted PDF file.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user views a malicious PDF document.
NOTE: The vulnerable code is e.g. also present in the bundled PDF-XChange shell extension (XCShInfo.dll), which is installed by default. This vector allows exploitation as soon as a user e.g. selects a malicious PDF file or hovers the mouse pointer over it.
5) Solution
Update to version 2.044.
6) Time Table 29/12/2009 - Vendor notified. 29/12/2009 - Vendor response received. 31/12/2009 - Vendor issues fixed version and statement. 04/01/2010 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has not currently assigned a CVE identifier for the vulnerability.
9) About Secunia
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- Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-64/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
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