CVE-2008-2042
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 8, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 30, 2008
Description
The Javascript API in Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.9 and possibly 8.1.1 exposes a dangerous method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or trigger a buffer overflow via a crafted PDF file that invokes app.checkForUpdate with a malicious callback function.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 3861third-party-advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html
- ADV-2008-1966vdb-entry
- 20080507 Adobe Acrobat Professional Javascript For PDF Security Feature Bypass and Memory Corruption Vulnerabilitiesmailing-list
- 239286vendor-advisory
- adobe-appcheckforupdate-code-execution(42237)vdb-entry
- 30840third-party-advisory
- 1019971vdb-entry
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