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CVE-2006-6027

57
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6027 describes a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader versions 7.0 through 7.0.8, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by providing a lengthy argument string to the LoadFile method within the AcroPDF ActiveX control. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
42.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-29076 · Nov 17, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4295 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-6027

CVE-2006-6027

References

downloads.securityfocus.com / vulnerabilities/exploits/21155-AcroPDF_DoS.html
Exploit
research.eeye.com / html/alerts/zeroday/20061128.html
secunia.com / advisories/23138
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30574
adobe.com / support/security/advisories/apsa06-02.html
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/198908
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/453579/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21155
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4751