5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2007-0048
Adobe Acrobat Reader Critical Plugin DOS Vulnerability
Description

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, when used with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Opera, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long sequence of # (hash) characters appended to a PDF URL, related to a "cross-site scripting issue."

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 3, 2007, 9:28 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:24 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-0048 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Adobe acrobat
2 Adobe acrobat_reader
3 Adobe acrobat_3d
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-0048.

URL Resource
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/attachments/1158-Subverting_Ajax.pdf
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/01/stable-beta-update-yahoo-mail-and.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html
http://osvdb.org/31596
http://secunia.com/advisories/23812
http://secunia.com/advisories/23882
http://secunia.com/advisories/33754
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2090
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017469
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455801/100/0/threaded
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0032
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898
http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=9 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31273
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6348
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/attachments/1158-Subverting_Ajax.pdf
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/01/stable-beta-update-yahoo-mail-and.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html
http://osvdb.org/31596
http://secunia.com/advisories/23812
http://secunia.com/advisories/23882
http://secunia.com/advisories/33754
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2090
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017469
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455801/100/0/threaded
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0032
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898
http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=9 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31273
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6348

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-0048 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-0048 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/455801/100/0/threaded [Exploit]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455801/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6348 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6348 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31273 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31273 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-0048 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-0048 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

77.73 }} 2.10%

score

0.98138

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability