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 (1) src, (2) setPageMode, (3) setLayoutMode, and (4) setNamedDest methods in an AcroPDF ActiveX control, a different set of vectors than CVE-2006-6027
Published Dec 3, 2006
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 20.08%
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 (1) src, (2) setPageMode, (3) setLayoutMode, and (4) setNamedDest methods in an AcroPDF ActiveX control, a different set of vectors than CVE-2006-6027.
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 does not affect the Linux version 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 2, 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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 20.08% (0.20075) | 97.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 19.46% (0.19458) | 97.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2025 | 53.39% (0.53394) | 97.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 36.85% (0.36854) | 96.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 30, 2025 | 39.81% (0.39815) | 97.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 46.16% (0.46157) | 97.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 48.77% (0.48769) | 96.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 46.16% (0.46157) | 97.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 40.32% (0.40322) | 97.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 7, 2023 | 48.19% (0.48189) | 97.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 30, 2023 | 49.69% (0.49691) | 97.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2023 | 57.17% (0.57169) | 97.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 56.83% (0.56832) | 97.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 10.95% (0.10949) | 94.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 10.95% (0.10949) | 94.29th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 10.95% (0.10949) | 88.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (14)
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061128.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23138 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa06-02.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- 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/21338 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21813 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4751 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6236 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30574 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31167 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6236
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6236
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3040 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Change history (0)
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