Hackers Can Target Able2Extract Users With Malicious Image Files

guest · Nov 4, 2019

Hackers Can Target Able2Extract Users With Malicious Image Files
Serious vulnerabilities found by researchers in Investintech’s Able2Extract Professional tool
November 4, 2019
https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-can-target-able2extract-users-malicious-image-files

According to Investintech, Able2Extract Professional has over 250,000 licensed users across 135 countries, including in 90% of Fortune 100 companies. The cross-platform tool allows users to view, convert and edit PDF files.

Researchers at Cisco Talos discovered that Able2Extract Professional is affected by two high-severity memory corruption vulnerabilities that can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code on the targeted machine.
The flaws, tracked as CVE-2019-5088 and CVE-2019-5089, can be exploited using specially crafted JPEG or BMP image files that trigger an out-of-bounds memory write. If an attacker can convince the targeted user to open such a file using Able2Extract Professional, they can execute code on the victim’s machine.

Talos has made available technical details for both vulnerabilities. These types of security holes could be highly useful to attackers given Able2Extract Professional’s large user base.
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Cisco Talos: Vulnerability Spotlight: Two remote code execution vulnerabilities in Investintech Able2Extract

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