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Adobe Reader Plugin Signature Bypass Vulnerability (Linux)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.6

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

9 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with Adobe Reader and is prone to plugin signature bypass vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to fact the program only verifies the PE header of executable code for a plug-in signature check.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Adobe Reader 4.x and 5.x version on Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to Adobe Reader version 6.0 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)