FortiGuard Advisory: Adobe Reader X Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability

[zhliu <zhliu () fortinet com>]

Adobe Reader X Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability
Sep 13, 2011

Summary:
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Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a sandbox bypass vulnerability 
in Adobe Reader X.

Impact:
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Local Privilege Escalation.

Risk:
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Critical

Affected Software:
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For a list of product versions affected, please see the Adobe Security 
Bulletin reference below.

Additional Information:
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By successfully leveraging a sandbox bypass vulnerability in Adobe 
Reader X, a malicious code could escape out of the sandbox resulting in 
privilege escalation.

References:
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FortiGuard Advisory: http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FGA-2011-30.html
Adobe Security Bulletin Summary for September 13, 
2011:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-24.html
CVE ID: CVE-2011-1353

Solutions:
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Users should apply the solution provided by Adobe.

Acknowledgment:
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Zhenhua Liu of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs



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