Adobe Acrobat < 6.0.6 / 7.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 40798

Synopsis

The version of Adobe Acrobat on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote host is earlier than 6.0.6 / 7.0.9 / 8.0 and thus reportedly is affected by several security issues, including one that can lead to arbitrary code execution when processing a malicious PDF file.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Acrobat 6.0.6 / 7.0.9 / 8.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40798

File Name: adobe_acrobat_709.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/28/2009

Updated: 5/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2006-5857

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Adobe Acrobat

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2007

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5857, CVE-2007-0044, CVE-2007-0045, CVE-2007-0046, CVE-2007-0047, CVE-2007-0048

BID: 21858, 21981

CWE: 352, 399