7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2003-0508

Published: 07/08/2003 Updated: 18/10/2016
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 755
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in the WWWLaunchNetscape function of Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread) 5.0.7 and previous versions allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary code via a .pdf file with a long mailto link.

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Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/8069/info An individual has reported that Adobe Acrobat Reader for Unix systems is vulnerable to a buffer overflow condition The error is allegedly related to the processing of hyperlinks, in the function "WWWLaunchNetscape" The flaw is triggered only when Netscape is set as the browser to be used in the ...