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CVE-2007-0045

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-0045 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin versions prior to 8.0.0, and potentially other Adobe Reader versions, when used with various web browsers. Attackers can inject arbitrary JavaScript and conduct other attacks by crafting a .pdf URL with specific javascript: or res: URIs containing FDF, XML, XFDF AJAX parameters, or an arbitrarily named URI anchor identifier. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity, requiring user interaction, and primarily impacting integrity. Despite its age and a high FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:elements:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
45.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4554 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: acroread-0:7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: acroread-0:7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: acroread-libs-atk-0:1.8.0-1.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: acroread-libs-glib2-0:2.4.7-1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: acroread-libs-gtk2-0:2.4.13-1.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: acroread-libs-gtk2-engines-0:2.2.0-1.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: acroread-libs-pango-0:1.6.0-1.el3
View patch
adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-0045Important

security flaw

Jan 3, 2007

References

events.ccc.de / congress/2006/Fahrplan/attachments/1158-Subverting_Ajax.pdf
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2009/01/stable-beta-update-yahoo-mail-and.html
h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html
secunia.com / advisories/23483
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23691
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23812
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23877
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23882
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24457
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24533
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33754
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/2090
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/31271
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6487
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9693
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0017.html
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
adobe.com / support/security/advisories/apsa07-01.html
Vendor Advisory
adobe.com / support/security/advisories/apsa07-02.html
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
disenchant.ch / blog/hacking-with-browser-plugins/34
Exploit
gnucitizen.org / blog/danger-danger-danger
ExploitVendor Advisory
gnucitizen.org / blog/universal-pdf-xss-after-party
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/815960
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mozilla.org / security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-02.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0021.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/455790/100/0/threaded
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/455800/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/455801/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/455831/100/0/threaded
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/455836/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/455906/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21858
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0032
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0957
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2898
Vendor Advisory
wisec.it / vulns.php
ExploitPatch