Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0508 - Remote Security vulnerability in Reader

CVSS 7.5 - HIGH

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

PARTIAL

Integrity impact

PARTIAL

Availability impact

PARTIAL

network

low complexity

adobe

exploit available

NVD

Published: 2003-08-07

Updated: 2016-10-18

Summary

Buffer overflow in the WWWLaunchNetscape function of Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread) 5.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .pdf file with a long mailto link.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Adobe Adobe Acrobat Reader - Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.01 Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.02 Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0.5 Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0.5A Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0.5C Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.5 Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.6 Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.7	14

Exploit-Db

description	Adobe Unix Acrobat Reader 4.0/5.0 WWWLaunchNetscape Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVE-2003-0508. Dos exploit for linux platform
id	EDB-ID:22846
last seen	2016-02-02
modified	2003-07-01
published	2003-07-01
reporter	Paul Szabo
source	https://www.exploit-db.com/download/22846/
title	Adobe Unix Acrobat Reader 4.0/5.0 WWWLaunchNetscape Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Summary

Vulnerable Configurations

Exploit-Db

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