Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat
CVE-2002-0030
The digital signature mechanism for the Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer only verifies the PE header of executable code for a plug-in, which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in certified mode by making the plug-in appear to be signed by Adobe.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Acrobat — versions 4.0, 4.0.5, 4.0.5a
- Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions 4.0, 4.0.5, 4.0.5a
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/549913 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004230.html (mailing-list)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JSHA-5EZQGZ (Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0148.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)