CVE-2006-6236
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 21.2%EU EUVD
Adobe Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader) 7.0 through 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument string to the (1) src, (2) setPageMode, (3) setLayoutMode, and (4) setNamedDest methods in an AcroPDF ActiveX control, a different set of vectors than CVE-2006-6027.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 21.2% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6219)
- Published
- December 3, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6219 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
References
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061128.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23138(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa06-02.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/198908(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453579/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21338(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21813
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4751
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30574
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31167
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3040
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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