Adobe Illustrator Encapsulated Postscript File Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Publish date: February 04, 2011
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-4195
  Advisory Date: DEC 17, 2009

  DESCRIPTION

Trend Micro advises users about an existing vulnerability in Adobe Illustrator. The exploit happens when the said application fails to successfully parse comments from EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) files, leading to a buffer overflow.

Once the vulnerability is successfully exploited, attackers can be allowed to execute arbitrary code on the compromised system, allowing them to gain complete control of it.

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

For Trend Micro clients using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) please refer to filter identifier(s) specific to this advisory's vulnerability identifiers. For patch information and suggested workarounds, users are advised to refer to this Adobe webpage: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-06.html

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003864

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • Adobe Illustrator CS4 (14.0.0)
  • Adobe Illustrator CS3 (13.0.3 and earlier)

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