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CVE-2007-5666
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a…
Medium6.2EPSS 1.4%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious Security Provider library in the reader's current working directory. NOTE: this issue might be subsumed by CVE-2008-0655.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- TA08-043A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1966 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11161 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 239286 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- GLSA-200803-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 29065 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30840 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29205 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080208 Adobe Reader Security Provider Unsafe Libary Path Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0144 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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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