40275 : PDFlib PDF_load_image Function Long Filename Arbitrary Remote Code Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-12-23

Keywords

pdc_fsearch_fopen

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-6561" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in PDFLib allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument to the PDF_load_image function that results in an overflow in the pdc_fsearch_fopen function, and possibly other vectors.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Impact: Loss of Integrity

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2007-6561 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 27001
Secunia Advisory ID: 28239 29304
Mail List Post: http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/Dec/0281.html
Other Advisory URL: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3495
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-17.xml

Tools & Filters

	31443

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.7
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-12-28 | Disagree?

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