CVE-2006-6236 (GCVE-0-2006-6236)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-03 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:19
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/2006… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21338 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4751 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23138 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/198908 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21813 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3040 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453579/100… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
Date Public
2006-11-28 00:00
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