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

Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary code. Impact Level: System/Application

No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

The flaw is due to a boundary error in the 'WWWLaunchNetscape' function in the file wwwlink.api.

Adobe Reader version 5.0.5, 5.0.6, 5.0.7 and probably other versions on Linux.

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

• http://www.osvdb.com/2233
• http://www.osvdb.com/9292
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/12479

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Updated on 2015-03-25