CVE-2007-5659
Adobe Acrobat and Reader: Buffer Overflow
As of , CVE-2007-5659 in Adobe Acrobat and Reader is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 8 June 2022
- US federal deadline
- 22 June 202214 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.87Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.92 on 8 June 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries (2 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code via a PDF file with long arguments to unspecified JavaScript methods.
CISA's description
Multiple buffer overflows in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with long arguments to unspecified JavaScript methods. NOTE: this issue might be subsumed by CVE-2008-0655.
The CVE record's description, from mitre
- CVE published
- 12 February 2008
- Assigned by
- mitre
- CVSS
- 7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-120
- Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
- CWE-119
- Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 31114).
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 16674).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Adobe Collab.collectEmailInfo() Buffer Overflowexploit module, rank good
- Exploit-DB: Adobe - 'Collab.collectEmailInfo()' Local Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)EDB-ID 16674, verified by Exploit-DB, 25 September 2010
- Exploit-DB: Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.1 - Multiple Arbitrary Code Execution / Security VulnerabilitiesEDB-ID 31114, verified by Exploit-DB, 6 February 2008
Acrobat and Reader: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2009-3459Heap-Based Buffer Overflow | Adobe Acrobat and Reader | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.87; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.87 | ||
| CVE-2009-3953Universal 3D Remote Code Execution | Adobe Acrobat and Reader | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.83; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.83 | ||
| CVE-2009-4324Use-After-Free | Adobe Acrobat and Reader | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.82; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.82 | ||
| CVE-2010-2883Stack-Based Buffer Overflow | Adobe Acrobat and Reader | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.81; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.81 | ||
| CVE-2008-2992Reader and Acrobat Input Validation | Adobe Acrobat and Reader | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.98; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.98 | ||
| CVE-2023-21608Use-After-Free | Adobe Acrobat and Reader | Patch this weekEPSS 0.61 | 0.61 | ||
| CVE-2021-21017Heap-based Buffer Overflow | Adobe Acrobat and Reader | Patch this weekEPSS 0.86 | 0.86 | ||
| CVE-2021-28550Use-After-Free | Adobe Acrobat and Reader | Patch this weekEPSS 0.52 | 0.52 | ||
| CVE-2008-0655Unspecified | Adobe Acrobat and Reader | Patch soon | 0.38 | ||
| CVE-2018-4990Double Free | Adobe Acrobat and Reader | Patch soon | 0.36 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org