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CVE-2007-5666

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5666 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 8.1.1 and earlier, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code. An attacker could exploit this by placing a malicious Security Provider library in the victim's current working directory. With a CVSS score of 6.2 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability requires local access and high attack complexity but could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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
<= 8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.2MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0137 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 1,595 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (4)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.2-1.el3.6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.2-1.el4.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.2-1.el5.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5666Critical

acroread JavaScript Insecure Libary Search Path

Feb 8, 2008

References

labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
secunia.com / advisories/29065
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29205
secunia.com / advisories/30840
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200803-01.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11161
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
adobe.com / support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html
Patch
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.html
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-043A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1966/references