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CVE-2006-6236
published 2006-12-03

CVE-2006-6236: 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…

PriorityP339critical9.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCCICAC
EPSS
19.46%
97.0th percentile
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

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
adobeacrobat_reader
adobeacrobat_reader
adobeacrobat_reader
adobeacrobat_reader
adobeacrobat_reader
adobeacrobat_reader
adobeacrobat_reader
adobeacrobat_reader
adobeacrobat_reader
adobeacrobat_reader
mozillafirefox
operaopera_browser

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Attack targets the AcroPDF ActiveX control; monitor for long argument strings passed to the src, setPageMode, setLayoutMode, and setNamedDest methods of this control
  • ·This vulnerability only affects Windows-based Adobe Reader 7.0 through 7.0.8; the Linux version of Adobe Reader is not affected
  • ·Affected versions are Adobe Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader) 7.0 through 7.0.8 only

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_redhat9.3CRITICAL
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