HTTP: Adobe Acrobat Reader CVE-2017-2966 Remote Code Execution

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Adobe Acrobat Reader. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Extended Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 15.020.20042 and earlier, 15.006.30244 and earlier, 11.0.18 and earlier have an exploitable heap overflow vulnerability in the image conversion engine related to parsing malformed TIFF segments. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

References

BugTraq: 95344

CVE: CVE-2017-2966

Short Name

HTTP:STC:ADOBE:CVE-2017-2966-CE

Severity

Major

Recommended

True

Recommended Action

Drop

HTTP: Adobe Acrobat Reader CVE-2017-2966 Remote Code Execution

Extended Description

References

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