XSS in Adobe Acrobat
CVE-2007-0045
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0, and possibly the plugin distributed with Adobe Reader 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2, for Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Google Chrome, Opera 8.5.4 build 770, and Opera 9.10.8679 on Windows allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript and conduct other attacks via a .pdf URL with a javascript: or res: URI with (1) FDF, (2) XML, and (3) XFDF AJAX parameters, or (4) an arbitrarily named name=URI anchor identifier, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.466 (98.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.466 · newest: 0.466 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Acrobat — versions 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
- Adobe Acrobat 3d
- Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0021.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/23691 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0017.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21858 (vdb-entry)
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/01/stable-beta-update-yahoo-mail-and.html
- events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/attachments/1158-Subverting_Ajax.pdf
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455790/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, Exploit)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/23882 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-0045?
- CVE-2007-0045 is a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2007-01-03.
- Is CVE-2007-0045 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.