Adobe Acrobat And Reader Use After Free Vulnerability (CVE-2016-1046)
Publish date: August 24, 2016
Severity: CRITICAL
DESCRIPTION
Adobe Acrobat and Reader are prone to a use after free vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected applications. Failed exploit attempts will likely cause a denial of service condition.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1007825
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