The Javascript API in Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.9 and possibly 8.1.1 exposes a dangerous method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or trigger a buffer overflow via a crafted PDF file that invokes app.checkForUpdate with a malicious callback function
Published May 8, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.01%
Description
The Javascript API in Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.9 and possibly 8.1.1 exposes a dangerous method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or trigger a buffer overflow via a crafted PDF file that invokes app.checkForUpdate with a malicious callback function.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 8.1.1
- 3.0
- 3.1
- 4.0
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.5a
- 4.0.5c
- 5.0
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.6
- 5.0.10
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.4
- 6.0.5
- 6.0.6
- 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
- 7.0.9
- 7.1.0
- 7.1.1
- 7.1.2
- 7.1.3
- 7.1.4
- 8.0
- 8.1
Configuration 2
- ≤ 8.1.1
- 3.0
- 3.01
- 3.02
- 4.0
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.5a
- 4.0.5c
- 4.5
- 5.0
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.6
- 5.0.7
- 5.0.9
- 5.0.10
- 5.0.11
- 5.1
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.4
- 6.0.5
- 6.0.6
- 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
- 7.0.9
- 7.1.0
- 7.1.1
- 7.1.2
- 7.1.3
- 7.1.4
- 8.0
- 8.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 5.01% (0.05014) | 91.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.70% (0.04696) | 90.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 4.47% (0.04475) | 88.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.36% (0.02363) | 83.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.31% (0.04312) | 81.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.36% (0.02363) | 83.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.18% (0.02181) | 89.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.47% (0.02474) | 88.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30840 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3861 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019971 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491735/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42237 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30840 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3861 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1019971 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT | |
| http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491735/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42237 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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