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CVE-2002-0030
The digital signature mechanism for the Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer only verifies the PE header of executable code for a plug-in, which can…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.90%
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- mitre
Description
The digital signature mechanism for the Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer only verifies the PE header of executable code for a plug-in, which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in certified mode by making the plug-in appear to be signed by Adobe.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.90% · top 40% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- VU#549913 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20030324 Vulnerability (critical): Digital signature for Adobe Acrobat/Reader plug-in can be forged (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JSHA-5EZQGZ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20030324 Vulnerability (critical): Digital signature for Adobe Acrobat/Reader plug-in can be forged (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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