CVE-2014-0568

Publication date 17 September 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

The NtSetInformationFile system call hook feature in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.12 and 11.x before 11.0.09 on Windows allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism, and consequently execute native code in a privileged context, via an NTFS junction attack.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
acroread 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected

Notes

seth-arnold

Only Windows and OS X are affected

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