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TITLE:
Adobe Reader and Acrobat PDF "file://" URL Handling Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24408

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24408/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Adobe Acrobat 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/12256/
Adobe Reader 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/12829/

DESCRIPTION:
pdp has discovered a security issue in Adobe Reader and Adobe
Acrobat, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
sensitive information.

The problem is that it is possible to launch "file://" URLs from
within PDF files. This can be exploited to e.g. read arbitrary files
on the system and send them to the attacker.

Successful exploitation requires that a user is tricked into locally
opening a PDF file.

The security issue is confirmed in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat
Professional versions 8.0.0. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted PDF files.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
pdp

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/pdf-strikes-back/

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