CVE-2006-6236

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 20.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-03 · 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 (1) src, (2) setPageMode, (3) setLayoutMode, and (4) setNamedDest methods in an AcroPDF ActiveX control, a different set of vectors than CVE-2006-6027.

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://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061128.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23138
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/21338
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21813
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4751
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30574
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31167
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3040
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061128.html

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