ZDI-06-044: Adobe Download Manager AOM Parsing Buffer Overflow 
            Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-044.html 
December  6, 2006

-- CVE ID:
CVE-2006-5856

-- Affected Vendor:
Adobe

-- Affected Products:
Adobe Download Manager 2.1 and earlier

-- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability since April  3, 2006 by Digital Vaccine protection
filter ID 4280. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:

http://www.tippingpoint.com 

-- 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:

http://www.adobe.com/go/apsb06-19/ 

-- Disclosure Timeline:
2006.04.03 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
2006.04.07 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2006.12.06 - Coordinated public release of advisory

-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by an anonymous researcher.

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