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CVE-2006-5857
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file that triggers…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 9.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption and overwrites a subroutine pointer during rendering.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.4% · top 4.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References22
- ADV-2007-0115 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 23691 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21981 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 31316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 23882 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070110 Adobe Reader Remote Heap Memory Corruption - Subroutine Pointer Overwrite (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 23666 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/adobe-acrobat-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 102847 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0957 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23812 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23877 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11698 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- GLSA-200701-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 24533 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017491 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- VU#698924 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20070109 Adobe Reader Remote Heap Memory Corruption - Subroutine Pointer Overwrite (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_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-2006-5841 (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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