CVE_2009_0837 — Foxit Reader Launch-action stack overflow — CVE-2009-0837

critical CVE_2009_0837

What it means

An oversized PDF Launch FileSpec triggers the Foxit Reader 3.0 stack overflow after JavaScript heap-sprays native shellcode.

Why it fires

CORE-2009-0218 documents Foxit Reader copying an Open/Execute filename into a fixed-size stack buffer without a length check. This rule requires the vulnerable Launch/FileSpec shape together with a substitution-decoded heap spray and statically recovered native shellcode, and consolidates the generic component findings into one exact CVE attribution.

Other PDF heuristics

PDF_LAUNCH_JS_PROTOCOL PDF_LAUNCH_COMMAND PDF_LAUNCH_MSHTA PDF_ADOBE_QR_UNLOCK_LURE PDF_JS_URL_KEYED_READER_EXPLOIT_KIT CVE_2009_2990_U3D_AUTOACTIVATE PDF_ANNOT_AUTHOR_EVAL_STAGER PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_HEX_EVAL_STAGER PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_MARKER_EVAL_STAGER PDF_JS_BASE_N_TOKEN_DOWNLOADER PDF_BASE64_PE_PAYLOAD PDF_BRAND_INVOICE_LURE_OFFDOMAIN PDF_BRAND_INVOICE_CLOUD_EMAIL_LURE PDF_CORPORATE_PRESENTATION_CLOUD_REDIRECT_LURE PDF_CORRUPTED_FILE_UPDATE_LURE PDF_CRACKED_SOFTWARE_SHORTLINK_LURE PDF_GAME_HACK_SEO_LINK_FARM PDF_DISTRIBUTED_PIRACY_LINK_FARM PDF_DOCUSIGN_DOWNLOAD_LURE PDF_DOCUMENT_ACTION_HOST_MISMATCH_LURE PDF_DYNAMIC_DNS_DOCUMENT_LINK_FARM PDF_SWF_NATIVE_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_PAYLOAD PDF_EMBEDDED_PE_PAYLOAD CVE_2010_1240_EMBEDDED_EXPORT_LAUNCH