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CVE-2006-3452

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3452 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 6.0.4 and earlier on Mac OS X. The flaw stems from insecure file and directory permissions, allowing a local attacker to overwrite program files and gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity with local access and low attack complexity, potentially leading to confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.0:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.1:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0064 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/21016
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27678
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb06-08.html
Patch
osvdb.org / 27157
securityfocus.com / bid/18945
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2758