This host is installed with Adobe Reader/Acrobat and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability

Successful exploitation will let attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF document. Impact Level: Application

Upgrade to Adobe Reader/Adobe Acrobat version 9.4 or later. For updates refer http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

The flaw is due to a boundary error within 'CoolType.dll' when processing the 'uniqueName' entry of SING tables in fonts.

Adobe Reader version 9.3.4 and prior. Adobe Acrobat version 9.3.4 and prior on windows.

Get the installed version with the help of detect NVT and check the version is vulnerable or not.

• http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41340
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-02.html
• http://www.osvdb.com/67849

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Updated on 2015-03-25