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CVE-2006-1788
Adobe Document Server for Reader Extensions 6.0, during log on, provides different error messages depending on whether the user ID is…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Adobe Document Server for Reader Extensions 6.0, during log on, provides different error messages depending on whether the user ID is valid or invalid, which allows remote attackers to more easily identify valid user IDs via brute force attacks.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References7
- 20060413 Secunia Research: Adobe Document Server for Reader ExtensionsMultiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- adobe-error-account-enumeration(25772) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331917.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 15924 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-68/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1342 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 17500 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1788 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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