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CVE-2004-1152

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1152 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.09 for Unix, specifically within the mailListIsPdf function. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system by sending an email containing a specially crafted PDF attachment. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.9:*:unix:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0827 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-1152Important

security flaw

Dec 12, 2004

References

secunia.com / advisories/13474
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18477
adobe.com / support/techdocs/331153.html
idefense.com / application/poi/display
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/253024
US Government Resource
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_01_sr.html