CVE-2004-0629 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the ActiveX component (pdf.ocx) for Adobe Acrobat 5.0.5 and Acrobat Reader, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URI for a PDF file with a null terminator (%00) followed by a long string.

Published: 2004-08-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 20.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.20761.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/330527.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-14.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=126&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10947
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16998

History

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Subscriptions

Adobe Acrobat Acrobat Reader

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-08-18T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:24:26.869Z

Reserved: 2004-07-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0629

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-09-28T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0629

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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