Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF…

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, related to the mailto: option and Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP. NOTE: this information is based upon a vague pre-advisory by a reliable researcher.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

20.4% · top 2.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 1018723 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• adobe-unspecified-pdf-code-execution(36722) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20070920 0day: PDF pwns Windows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 25748 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa07-04.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2007-3392 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/0day-pdf-pwns-windows (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• TA07-297B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-5020](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-5020.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-5020)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 15:17 UTC.