#VU1333 Memory corruption in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2007-5663 

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#VU1333 Memory corruption in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2007-5663

Published: December 15, 2016 / Updated: February 28, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1333
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-5663
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader
Software vendor:
Adobe

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to buffer overflow whithin JavaScript implementation. A remote attacker can create a specially .pdf file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

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