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medium 4.3

CVE-2007-0045 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0, and possibly the plugin distributed with A…

published 2007-01-03 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-0049

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
47.3%
EPSS 47.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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)."

Patch / fix

  • acroread RHEL 3 EXTRAS 7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 3 EXTRAS 7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3
  • acroread-libs-atk RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.8.0-1.el3
  • acroread-libs-gtk2 RHEL 3 EXTRAS 2.4.13-1.el3
  • acroread-libs-glib2 RHEL 3 EXTRAS 2.4.7-1
  • acroread-libs-pango RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.6.0-1.el3
  • acroread-libs-gtk2-engines RHEL 3 EXTRAS 2.2.0-1.el3
  • acroread RHEL 4 EXTRAS 7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0021RHSA-2007:0017

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-0045 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras acroread 7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3, acroread-libs-glib2 2.4.7-1, acroread-libs-atk 1.8.0-1.el3, acroread-libs-gtk2 2.4.13-1.el3, acroread-libs-pango 1.6.0-1.el3, acroread-plugin 7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0021
  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras acroread 7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4, acroread-plugin 7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0017
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras acroread 7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3, acroread-libs-glib2 2.4.7-1, acroread-libs-atk 1.8.0-1.el3, acroread-libs-gtk2 2.4.13-1.el3, acroread-libs-pango 1.6.0-1.el3, acroread-plugin 7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0021
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras acroread 7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4, acroread-plugin 7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0017
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras acroread 7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3, acroread-libs-glib2 2.4.7-1, acroread-libs-atk 1.8.0-1.el3, acroread-libs-gtk2 2.4.13-1.el3, acroread-libs-pango 1.6.0-1.el3, acroread-plugin 7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0021
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras acroread 7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4, acroread-plugin 7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0017
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras acroread 7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3, acroread-libs-glib2 2.4.7-1, acroread-libs-atk 1.8.0-1.el3, acroread-libs-gtk2 2.4.13-1.el3, acroread-libs-pango 1.6.0-1.el3, acroread-plugin 7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0021
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras acroread 7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4, acroread-plugin 7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0017

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Exploit prediction

47.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • wisec.it http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=9 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455790/100/0/threaded referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455831/100/0/threaded referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • gnucitizen.org http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • disenchant.ch http://www.disenchant.ch/blog/hacking-with-browser-plugins/34 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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