CVE-2007-5666

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious Security Provider library in the reader's current working directory. NOTE: this issue might be subsumed by CVE-2008-0655.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat for Edge: through 8.1.1
Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 8.1.1

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=655
http://secunia.com/advisories/29065
http://secunia.com/advisories/29205
http://secunia.com/advisories/30840
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-01.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11161

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