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TI-2006-05640 Aliases CVE-2006-5857GHSA-7gvq-qwwx-xxf5

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to…

Priority MEDIUM 52CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption and overwrites a subroutine pointer during rendering.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0939 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 54

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 7.0.8VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.5VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.5aVulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.5cVulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.5VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.6VulnerableAdobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 7.0.8 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.5 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.5a Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.5c Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.5 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.6 Vulnerable ·Adobe
Show 44 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.10VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.1VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.2VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.3VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.4VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.5VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.1VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.2VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.3VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.4VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.5VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.6VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.7VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 7.0.8VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.5VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.5aVulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.5cVulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.5VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.6VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.7VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.9VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.10VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.11VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.1VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.2VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.3VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.4VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.5VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.1VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.2VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.3VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.4VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.5VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.6VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.7VulnerableAdobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.10 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.1 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.2 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.3 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.4 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.5 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.1 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.2 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.3 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.4 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.5 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.6 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.7 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 7.0.8 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.5 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.5a Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.5c Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.5 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.6 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.7 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.9 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.10 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.11 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.1 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.2 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.3 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.4 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.5 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.1 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.2 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.3 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.4 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.5 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.6 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.7 Vulnerable ·Adobe

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2007:0021 Released 2007-01-22 · Red Hat rating Critical
    Adobe Acrobat Reader security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3.i386, acroread-libs-atk-1.8.0-1.el3.i386, acroread-libs-glib2-2.4.7-1.i386 +4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3.i386, acroread-libs-atk-1.8.0-1.el3.i386, acroread-libs-glib2-2.4.7-1.i386 +4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3.i386, acroread-libs-atk-1.8.0-1.el3.i386, acroread-libs-glib2-2.4.7-1.i386 +4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3.i386, acroread-libs-atk-1.8.0-1.el3.i386, acroread-libs-glib2-2.4.7-1.i386 +4
  • RHSA-2007:0017 Released 2007-01-11 · Red Hat rating Critical
    Adobe Acrobat Reader security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386, acroread-plugin-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386, acroread-plugin-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386, acroread-plugin-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386, acroread-plugin-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Critical. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0021
Red Hat Desktop version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0017
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0021
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0017
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0021
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0017
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0021
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0017

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-5857
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7gvq-qwwx-xxf5

References

Patch 1

Advisory 8

Other 4

  • TI-2014-00524 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.11 and 11.x before 11.0.08 on Windows allow… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-02915 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.5, 10.x before 10.1.7, and 11.x before 11.0.03… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-02389 Integer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.5, 10.x before 10.1.7, and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2011-02156 Unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.1 and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-09626 Adobe Acrobat Reader use after free vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-04123 Acrobat Reader DC Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Could Lead To Arbitrary Code Execution KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
See all 1413 →

Sources

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