CVE-2008-2042

Publication date

2008-05-08 00:00:00

Family

mitre

State

PUBLISHED

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.