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[Full-disclosure] Secunia Research: Adobe Illustrator Encapsulated Postscript Parsing Vulnerability
From: Secunia Research <remove-vuln_at_nospam>Date: Fri Jan 08 2010 - 09:09:02 GMT
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Secunia Research 08/01/2010
- Adobe Illustrator Encapsulated Postscript Parsing 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
- Adobe Illustrator 14.0.0.
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Adobe Illustrator CS4 software is a comprehensive vector graphics environment with new transparency in gradients and multiple artboards that invite you to explore more efficient ways to design.".
Product Link:
http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/
4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Adobe Illustrator, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused by a boundary error when parsing certain content in Encapsulated Postscript files. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted file.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
5) Solution
The vendor has issued patches to fix the vulnerability.
6) Time Table 14/12/2009 - Vendor notified. 14/12/2009 - Vendor response. 08/01/2010 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Dyon Balding, Secunia Research.
8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2009-3952 for the vulnerability.
Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-01.html
9) About Secunia
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- Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-58/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
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