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Adobe Download Manager AOM Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

ZDI-06-044: December 6th, 2006

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Affected Vendors

Affected Products

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Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of the Adobe Download Manager application. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page.

The specific flaw exists in the AOM file format parser. A long [URL] element inside of a [DownloadRecord] element within an AOM file will result in a stack-based buffer overflow condition leading to execution of arbitrary code. The Download Manager is installed during the installation of of other Adobe products, such as Acrobat Reader. When installed, the download manager becomes the default application to handle .AOM files.

Vendor Response

Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:

Disclosure Timeline

    2006-04-07 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
    2006-12-06 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by:
    Anonymous