Short Name |
HTTP:STC:ADOBE:PDF-CATALOG |
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Severity |
Major |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
HTTP |
Keywords |
Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF Catalog Handling Vulnerability |
Release Date |
2010/09/28 |
Update Number |
1780 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.1.134269+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+ |
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against multiple products that parse the Portable Document Format (PDF). Attackers can craft a malicious document that can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the victim host.
Multiple PDF readers are prone to multiple remote buffer-overflow vulnerabilities because the applications fail to bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it into an insufficiently sized buffer. An attacker may be able exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application. In some circumstances, the vulnerability can be exploited only to cause a denial of service.