Adobe Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader) 7.0 through 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument string to the LoadFile method in an AcroPDF ActiveX control
Published Nov 21, 2006
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 43.20%
Description
Adobe Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader) 7.0 through 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument string to the LoadFile method in an AcroPDF ActiveX control.
Affected products
No data.
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.2
- 7.0.3
- 7.0.4
- 7.0.5
- 7.0.6
- 7.0.7
- 7.0.8
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect Linux versions of Adobe Reader.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 43.20% (0.43197) | 98.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 42.71% (0.42710) | 98.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 64.78% (0.64775) | 98.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 55.92% (0.55917) | 98.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 43.07% (0.43072) | 97.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 10, 2025 | 53.63% (0.53628) | 97.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 15, 2025 | 56.50% (0.56502) | 97.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 18, 2025 | 48.29% (0.48288) | 97.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 54.51% (0.54512) | 97.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 47.49% (0.47489) | 96.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 60.58% (0.60584) | 98.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 63.95% (0.63949) | 98.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 68.41% (0.68407) | 98.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 25, 2023 | 94.12% (0.94116) | 98.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 18, 2023 | 94.27% (0.94268) | 98.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 11, 2023 | 94.98% (0.94984) | 98.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 95.02% (0.95022) | 98.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 72.63% (0.72633) | 99.25th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 72.63% (0.72633) | 99.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/21155-AcroPDF_DoS.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061128.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23138 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017297 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa06-02.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/198908 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453579/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21155 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4751 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6027 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30574 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6027
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6027
Change history (0)
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