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CVE-2002-0030

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-04-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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 products

• Adobe Acrobat for Edge: 4.0, 4.0.5, 4.0.5a, 4.0.5c, 5.0, 5.0.5
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: 4.0, 4.0.5, 4.0.5a, 4.0.5c, 5.0, 5.0.5

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0148.html
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004230.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/549913
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JSHA-5EZQGZ
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0148.html
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004230.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/549913
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JSHA-5EZQGZ

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