Adobe.Reader.AcroPDF.DLL.Resource.Consumption.DoS

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This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a Denial of Service vulnerability in Adobe Reader 8.0.
The vulnerability is a result of the application's failure to sanitize user inputs when handling certain boundary cases. A remote attack can exploit this to cause a Denial of Service condition.

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Adobe Reader 8.0

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Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.

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Upgrade to the latest version available from the website.
http://get.adobe.com/reader/

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Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)