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 memory corruption and overwrites a subroutine pointer during rendering.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 9.39% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- adobe/acrobat · adobe/acrobat reader
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 9.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0200.html
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html
- http://osvdb.org/31316
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23666Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23691Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23812Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23877Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23882Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24533Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017491
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102847-1
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/698924US Government Resource
- http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/adobe-acrobat-adv.txt
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0021.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456491/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21981
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0115Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0957Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11698
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0017.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0200.html
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html
- http://osvdb.org/31316
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23666Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23691Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23812Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23877Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23882Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.