CVE-2006-5857
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 9.4%EU EUVD
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption and overwrites a subroutine pointer during rendering.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 9.4% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5841)
- Published
- December 31, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5841 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
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- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
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- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat reader
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- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
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- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
and 4 more…
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0200.html
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html
- http://osvdb.org/31316
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23666(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23691(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23812(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23877(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23882(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24533(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017491
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102847-1
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/698924(US Government Resource)
- http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/adobe-acrobat-adv.txt
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0021.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456491/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21981
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0115(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0957(Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11698
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0017.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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