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TITLE:
Adobe Reader/Acrobat Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33901

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33901/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Reader/Acrobat, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and can be
exploited to cause a buffer overflow. No further information is
available. 

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

NOTE: Reportedly, the vulnerability is currently being actively
exploited.

SOLUTION:
Do not process untrusted documents.

The vendor is planning to release updates for Adobe Reader/Acrobat 9
by March 11th, 2009.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported as a 0-day.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-01.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
McAfee Avert Labs:
http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/02/19/new-backdoor-attacks-using-pdf-documents/

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