CVE-2007-0048

Public Exploit

Description

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, when used with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Opera, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long sequence of # (hash) characters appended to a PDF URL, related to a "cross-site scripting issue."

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 51.66% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory suse.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory wisec.it

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html	third party advisory us government resource
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://securitytracker.com/id?1023007	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23882	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455801/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0032	vdb entry
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2090	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6348	vdb entry signature
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33754	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23812	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017469	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31273	vdb entry
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898	vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml	vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/31596	vdb entry
http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=9	exploit patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0048?: CVE-2007-0048 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0048?: To fix CVE-2007-0048, 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-2007-0048 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-0048 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~52% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.