Secunia Advisory SA40034

Adobe Reader/Acrobat authplay.dll Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory SA40034
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Release Date 2010-06-05
   
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Criticality level Extremely criticalExtremely critical
Impact System access
Where From remote
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
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Solution Status Unpatched
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
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Software:
Adobe Reader 9.x

Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2010-1297 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

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

The vulnerability is caused due to a vulnerable bundled version of Flash Player (authplay.dll).

For more information:
SA40026

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in version 9.3.2 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX.

NOTE: The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited.

Solution
Delete, rename, or remove access to authplay.dll to prevent running SWF content in PDF files.

Provided and/or discovered by
Reported as a 0-day.

Other references
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