SID 1:47924

Rule Category

FILE-PDF -- Snort has detected suspicious traffic related to a PDF file. PDFs are easily exploitable. They include many ways to encapsulate data and are often targeted by attackers, who use the PDF's household name status for social engineering. Therefore, Snort includes Many PDF-targeted rules.

Alert Message

FILE-PDF Adobe Reader JavaScript annotation object rotation use-after-free attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when a crafted PDF designed to exploit Adobe Reader traverses the network. Impact: Attempted User Privilege Gain Details: This vulnerability is due to a dangling pointer that leads to a use after free vulnerability in the JavaScript API related to Annotation functionality. Specifically, the vulnerability is triggered by a crafted JavaScript within a PDF file which leads to a temporal safety violation if it is possible to perform read / write dereferences on the dangling pointer. This instance causes access violation exception because of the computation within the JavaScript engine that dereferences the dangling pointer. A constraint for exploitation of this vulnerability is that the memory area of the freed (i.e., old) object is reused by another object. The mismatch between the old and the new object can provide attacker with an unintended memory access. Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

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Known Usage

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False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group