Unscored CVE-2002-0030 EUVD-2002-0030GHSA-62h9-42q3-6p62

The digital signature mechanism for the Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer only verifies the PE header of executable code for a plug-in, which can al…

Published Mar 26, 2003 · Updated Aug 8, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The digital signature mechanism for the Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer only verifies the PE header of executable code for a plug-in, which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in certified mode by making the plug-in appear to be signed by Adobe.

References

VU#549913 third-party-advisory
20030324 Vulnerability (critical): Digital signature for Adobe Acrobat/Reader plug-in can be forged mailing-list
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JSHA-5EZQGZ
20030324 Vulnerability (critical): Digital signature for Adobe Acrobat/Reader plug-in can be forged mailing-list