CVE-2007-0045

Public Exploit

Description

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)."

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 63.94% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0021.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23691 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html third party advisory us government resource
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0017.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21858 vdb entry
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/01/stable-beta-update-yahoo-mail-and.html
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/attachments/1158-Subverting_Ajax.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455790/100/0/threaded mailing list exploit
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007 vdb entry
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 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24457 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31271 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455831/100/0/threaded mailing list exploit
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-02.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2090 third party advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102847-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33754 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0957 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455836/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/23812 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455906/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017469 vdb entry
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa07-01.html vendor advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa07-02.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23483 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23877 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/universal-pdf-xss-after-party
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9693 vdb entry signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6487 vdb entry signature
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/ exploit vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24533 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.disenchant.ch/blog/hacking-with-browser-plugins/34 exploit
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.338131 vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815960 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455800/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=9 patch exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0045?
CVE-2007-0045 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0045?
To fix CVE-2007-0045, 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-2007-0045 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-0045 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~64% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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