CVE-2006-6236

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6236
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-03 19:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionAdobe Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader) 7.0 through 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument string to the (1) src, (2) setPageMode, (3) setLayoutMode, and (4) setNamedDest methods in an AcroPDF ActiveX control, a different set of vectors than CVE-2006-6027.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.1 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.2 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.3 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.4 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.5 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.6 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.7 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Resources | BeyondTrust af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 research.eeye.com
404 Page Not Found | Exploit Database af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Adobe - Potential vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.adobe.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Adobe Reader / Acrobat AcroPDF ActiveX Control Bugs - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Adobe Reader and Acrobat AcroPDF.dll ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VU#198908 - Adobe Acrobat AcroPDF ActiveX control fails to properly handle malformed input af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Adobe Reader AcroPDF.DLL ActiveX Control Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-12-19Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue does not affect the Linux version of Adobe Reader.

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