Foxit Reader Plugin: Critical Vuln. Options

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Foxit Reader Firefox Plugin Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA37049 - Highly critical

Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Foxit Reader, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Foxit Reader plugin for Firefox (npFoxitReaderPlugin.dll). This can be exploited to trigger a memory corruption by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page which repeatedly loads and unloads the plugin.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

This is related to vulnerability #12 in: SA36983

The vulnerability is confirmed with Foxit Reader version 3.1.2.1013 and Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Do not visit untrusted websites or follow untrusted links.

Disable the Foxit Reader plugin in Firefox.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally discovered in Adobe Reader by SkyLined.
Reported in Foxit Reader by MrX.

http://secunia.com/advisories/37049/

This affects the latest version update of Foxit Reader - Firefox Plugin - Be careful out there, folks!
Run your browser Untrusted with something like DefenseWall HIPS, or similar Security application.