Signature Detail

HTTP: Adobe MIMETYPE in Embed/Object HTML Tag

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader FireFox Plugin. An attacker can create a malicious Web site containing dangerous HTML Embed or Object tags, which if accessed by a victim, allows the attacker to gain control of the victim's client browser.

Extended Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat are prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability because they fail to properly handle certain COM objects. An attacker can exploit this issue by supplying a malicious PDF file or webpage. Successful exploits may allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a user running the affected application. Failed attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions. This issue was previously covered in BID 36638 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat October 2009 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities), but has been given its own record to better document it.

Affected Products

• Adobe Acrobat 7.0.0
• Adobe Acrobat 7.0.1
• Adobe Acrobat 7.0.2
• Adobe Acrobat 7.0.3
• Adobe Acrobat 9.1.1
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.0
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.1
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.2
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.3
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.4
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.5
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.6
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.7
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.8
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.9
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.1
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.1.1
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.1.3
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.1
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.2
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.2 Security Update 1
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.3
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.4
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.6
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 9
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1.2
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1.3
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.0
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.1
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.2
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.3
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.4
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.5
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.6
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.7
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.8
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.1
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.1.1
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.1.3
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.0
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.1
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.2
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.3
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.4
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.6
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 9
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1.2
• Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1.3
• Adobe Reader 7.0.0
• Adobe Reader 7.0.1
• Adobe Reader 7.0.2
• Adobe Reader 7.0.3
• Adobe Reader 7.0.4
• Adobe Reader 7.0.5
• Adobe Reader 7.0.6
• Adobe Reader 7.0.7
• Adobe Reader 7.0.8
• Adobe Reader 7.0.9
• Adobe Reader 7.1
• Adobe Reader 7.1.1
• Adobe Reader 7.1.2
• Adobe Reader 8.0
• Adobe Reader 8.1
• Adobe Reader 8.1.1
• Adobe Reader 8.1.2
• Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Security Update 1
• Adobe Reader 8.1.3
• Adobe Reader 8.1.4
• Adobe Reader 8.1.5
• Adobe Reader 8.1.6
• Adobe Reader 9
• Adobe Reader 9.1
• Adobe Reader 9.1.1
• Adobe Reader 9.1.2
• Adobe Reader 9.1.3
• Gentoo Linux
• Red Hat Desktop Extras 3
• Red Hat Desktop Extras 4
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS Extras 3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS Extras 4
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 5 Client
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES Extras 3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES Extras 4
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 4
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 Server
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS Extras 3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS Extras 4
• Sun Solaris 10 Sparc
• SuSE openSUSE 10.3
• SuSE openSUSE 11.0
• SuSE openSUSE 11.1
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP3
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

References

• BugTraq: 36668
• CVE: CVE-2009-2983