National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6027
Original release date:11/21/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Adobe Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader) 7.0 through 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument string to the LoadFile method in an AcroPDF ActiveX control.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (11/23/2006)
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Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect Linux versions of Adobe Reader.
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#198908
Name: VU#198908
External Source: XF
Name: adobe-acrobat-acropdf-code-execution(30574)
External Source: BID
Name: 21155
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20061205 eEye's Zero-Day Tracker Launch
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-4751
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa06-02.html
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017297
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23138
External Source: MISC
Name: http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061128.html
External Source: MISC
Name: http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/21155-AcroPDF_DoS.html