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CVE-2007-0046

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CVE-2007-0046 describes a double free vulnerability in the Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin, specifically versions prior to 8.0.0, when used with browsers like Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering an error through a javascript: URI call to document.write within FDF, XML, or XFDF AJAX request parameters. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a low attack complexity and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is an ExploitDB entry for a related cross-site scripting issue, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion for this specific double free vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
55.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-3084 · Jan 5, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5568 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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 (7)

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

redhatCVE-2007-0046Critical

security flaw

Jan 3, 2007

References

events.ccc.de / congress/2006/Fahrplan/attachments/1158-Subverting_Ajax.pdf
lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html
secunia.com / advisories/23691
secunia.com / advisories/23812
secunia.com / advisories/23877
secunia.com / advisories/23882
secunia.com / advisories/24533
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/2090
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/31272
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9684
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0017.html
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0021.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/455801/100/0/threaded
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0032
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0957
wisec.it / vulns.php
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