CVE-2007-1199
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Trial allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a file:// URI in a PDF document, as demonstrated with…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 9.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Trial allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a file:// URI in a PDF document, as demonstrated with <</URI(file:///C:/)/S/URI>>, a different issue than CVE-2007-0045.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Adobe Acrobat/Adobe Reader 7.0.9 - Information Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29686remote, windowspublished 28 Feb 2007Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.4% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 22753 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200803-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/pdf-strikes-back/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 29205 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24408 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- adobe-pdf-file-information-disclosure(32815) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 33897 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2007-1196 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-1199)Record last updated .