CVE-2006-3453 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat 6.0 to 6.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors in a document that triggers the overflow when it is distilled to PDF.

Published: 2006-07-13

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: 12.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.12673.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/21014
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016477
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-09.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/167228
http://www.osvdb.org/27156
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18943
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2759
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27676

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Adobe Acrobat

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-07-13T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:30:33.546Z

Reserved: 2006-07-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3453

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-07-13T17:05:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-3453

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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