Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader May Lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code



Category :Security
Release Phase :Resolved
Product :Solaris 10 Operating System  
Bug Id :6526702  
Date of Workaround Release :14-MAR-2007 
Date of Resolved Release :30-APR-2007 


Impact

Multiple security vulnerabilities in the Adobe Reader may allow remote unprivileged users to execute arbitrary code. This includes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that may allow a remote unprivileged user to inject arbitrary JavaScript into a browser session.

Note: Adobe Reader is the free viewing companion to Adobe Acrobat. Adobe Reader allows you to view, navigate, and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

These issues have been described in the following documents:


Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

Note 1: Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are not affected by this issue. Solaris 10 x86 platform is also not affected.

Note 2: All versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat up to and including version 7.0.8 are affected by these issues. Solaris 10 ships Acrobat Reader 7.0.

To determine the version of Adobe Reader installed on the system the following command can be run:

    $ /usr/bin/acroread -version
    7.0.1

 


Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issues have been exploited.


Workaround

To work around the described issues, do not load PDF files from untrusted sources.

To work around the cross site scripting vulnerability, disable JavaScript in the browser application. This can done in Mozilla as follows:

  1. Open the Preferences dialog from the Edit menu
  2. Select the Advanced tree
  3. Select the Scripts & Plug-ins leaf
  4. Uncheck the Navigator check box
  5. Click the OK button

Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following release:

SPARC Platform




Modification History


Date: 30-APR-2007
  • State: Resolved
  • Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections



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Article ID : 201065
Article Type : Sun Alert
Last reviewed : 2007-04-30
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