Adobe Reader and Acrobat Security Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2014-0568)

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Security Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2014-0568)

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Affected Systems:
Adobe Reader 11.x
Adobe Reader 10.x
Description:
Bugtraq id: 69828
CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2014-0568

Adobe Reader (also known as Acrobat Reader) is an excellent PDF document reading software developed by Adobe. Acrobat is a series of products launched in 1993 for enterprises, technicians and creative professionals, making smart document delivery and collaboration more flexible, reliable, and secure.

The Sandbox Bypass vulnerability exists in Adobe Reader earlier than 11.0.09, Adobe Reader earlier than 10.1.12, Adobe Acrobat earlier than 11.0.09, and Adobe Acrobat earlier than 10.1.12, after successful exploitation, you can run local code with elevated permissions on Windows.

<* Source: James Forshaw

Link: http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb14-20.html
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Suggestion:
Vendor patch:

Adobe
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Adobe has released a Security Bulletin (apsb14-20) and patches for this:
Apsb14-20: Security Updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
Link: http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb14-20.html

Patch download:
Http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp? Product = 10 & platform = Windows
Http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp? Product = 10 & platform = Macintosh
Http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp? Product = 1 & platform = Windows
Http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp? Product = 1 & platform = Macintosh

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