CVE-2007-0044

Public Exploit

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0 for the Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera web browsers allows remote attackers to force the browser to make unauthorized requests to other web sites via a URL in the (1) FDF, (2) xml, and (3) xfdf AJAX request parameters, following the # (hash) character, aka "Universal CSRF and session riding."

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 54.87% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory suse.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory securityreason.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21858 vdb entry
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/attachments/1158-Subverting_Ajax.pdf
http://secunia.com/advisories/23882 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455801/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0032 vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2090 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23812 third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017469 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10042 vdb entry signature
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31266 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29065 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.html vendor advisory
http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=9 patch exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0044?
CVE-2007-0044 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0044?
To fix CVE-2007-0044, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0044 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-0044 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~55% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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