CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
97.5%
Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader fail to properly handle a specially crafted PDF file, which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader are applications designed to create and view Portable Document Format (PDF) files. A specially crafted PDF file can cause heap memory corruption when it is opened in these applications. This memory corruption may allow an attacker to overwrite the contents of the EIP (Extended Instruction Pointer) register, thus gaining control of program execution flow. According to Adobe, the affected versions are:
Adobe Reader 7.0.8 and earlier versions Adobe Acrobat Standard, Professional and Elements 7.0.8 and earlier versions Adobe Acrobat 3D
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Apply an update
Apply an update, as specified in Adobe Security bulletin APSB07-01.
Disable the displaying of PDF documents in the web browser
To prevent PDF documents from automatically being opened in a web browser:
Edit
menu.preferences
option.Internet
section."``Display PDF in browser``"
check box.698924
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Updated: January 19, 2007
Affected
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Please see Adobe Security bulletin APSB07-01.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23698924 Feedback>).
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Thanks to Piotr Bania for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Will Dormann.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-5857 |
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Severity Metric: | 12.05 Date Public: |
secunia.com/advisories/23666/
secunia.com/advisories/23812/
secunia.com/advisories/23877/
secunia.com/advisories/23882/
securitytracker.com/alerts/2007/Jan/1017491.html
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html
www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/adobe-acrobat-adv.txt
www.securityfocus.com/bid/21981