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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2007-0046 EUVD-2007-0050GHSA-q78c-5c63-6wq4

Double free vulnerability in the Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0, as used in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7, allows remote attackers to e…

Published Jan 3, 2007 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Double free vulnerability in the Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0, as used in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing an error via a javascript: URI call to document.write in the (1) FDF, (2) XML, or (3) XFDF AJAX request parameters.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 4 acroread +1 7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4 RHSA-2007:0017
RHEL 3 acroread +1 7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3 RHSA-2007:0021
RHEL 3 acroread-libs-atk 1.8.0-1.el3 RHSA-2007:0021
RHEL 3 acroread-libs-glib2 2.4.7-1 RHSA-2007:0021
RHEL 3 acroread-libs-gtk2 2.4.13-1.el3 RHSA-2007:0021
RHEL 3 acroread-libs-gtk2-engines 2.2.0-1.el3 RHSA-2007:0021
RHEL 3 acroread-libs-pango 1.6.0-1.el3 RHSA-2007:0021

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 2

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