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Adobe Reader/Acrobat SWF Content Arbitrary Code Execution
Secunia Advisory: SA35949
Release Date: 2009-07-23
Popularity: 6,771 views

Critical:
Extremely critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Adobe Acrobat 9.x
Adobe Reader 9.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in authplay.dll when processing SWF content and can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

This is related to:
SA35948

NOTE: The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited.

The vulnerability is reported in version 9.1.2 and prior 9.x versions.

Change Page:
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