CVE-2007-5659
Multiple buffer overflows in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 87.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 8 Jun 2022
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with long arguments to unspecified JavaScript methods. NOTE: this issue might be subsumed by CVE-2008-0655.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
- Added
- 8 Jun 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 22 Jun 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 8 Jun 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Adobe Collab.collectEmailInfo() Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_collectemailinfoRank gooddisclosed 8 Feb 2008
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Adobe - 'Collab.collectEmailInfo()' Local Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16674local, windowspublished 25 Sept 2010Verified
- Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.1 - Multiple Arbitrary Code Execution / Security Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31114dos, windowspublished 6 Feb 2008Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 3 years later
· 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 87.3% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- TA08-043A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1966 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20080208 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9813 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 239286 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- GLSA-200803-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 29065 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30840 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29205 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0144 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- VU#666281 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2007-5659 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-5631 (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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