Vulnerability: APSB10-17 Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

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Vulnerability name/brief description	APSB10-17 Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
CVE/CAN name	CVE-2010-2862 CVE-2010-1240
Vendor threat level	Critical
SophosLabs threat level	Medium
Solution	APSB10-17
Vendor description	An integer overflow vulnerability exists within Adobe Reader 9.3.3 (cooltype.dll) and prior versions when parsing a specially crafted pdf file.
SophosLabs comments	This update addresses a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat for the Windows, Macintosh and Unix platforms. While the vulnerability may yield remote code execution upon viewing a specially crafted pdf, absence of samples seen in the wild and existence of a patch have given us cause to rate this a medium level threat.
SophosLabs testing result	N/A
Currently known exploits	At the time of writing SophosLabs have not observed any malware attempting to exploit this vulnerability. Should this situation change samples will be analyzed and we will take action as necessary.
First sample seen	N/A
Discovery date	19 Aug 2010
Affected software	Adobe Reader 9.3.3 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX Adobe Acrobat 9.3.3 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh
References	http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-17.html
Credits	Adobe Tavis Ormandy
Revisions	19 August 2010 - Initial analysis written

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