CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0030

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2003-04-02 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2003-04-02
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The digital signature mechanism for the Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer only verifies the PE header of executable code for a plug-in, which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in certified mode by making the plug-in appear to be signed by Adobe.

Affected configurations

• adobe acrobat 4.0 • adobe acrobat 4.0.5 • adobe acrobat 4.0.5a • adobe acrobat 4.0.5c • adobe acrobat 5.0 • adobe acrobat 5.0.5 • adobe acrobat reader 4.0 • adobe acrobat reader 4.0.5 • adobe acrobat reader 4.0.5a • adobe acrobat reader 4.0.5c • adobe acrobat reader 5.0 • adobe acrobat reader 5.0.5

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