CVE-2006-6027

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 44.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-11-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Adobe Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader) 7.0 through 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument string to the LoadFile method in an AcroPDF ActiveX control.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat Reader: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5 (+3)

References

http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/21155-AcroPDF_DoS.html
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061128.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23138
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017297
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa06-02.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/198908
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453579/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21155
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4751
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30574
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/21155-AcroPDF_DoS.html
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061128.html

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