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CVE-2007-5659
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 94.0%
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 22 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 94.02% probability · 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 8 June 2022 · due 22 June 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- adobe/acrobat · adobe/acrobat reader
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5659
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=657Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29065Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29205Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30840Broken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-01.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1Broken Link
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/666281Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/referencesBroken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9813Broken Link
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=657Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29065Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29205Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30840Broken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-01.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1Broken Link
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/666281Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/referencesBroken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9813Broken Link
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2007-5659US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.