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.

EPSS: 0.009 (56.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

References

  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_VULNWATCH)