CVE-2004-1152 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the mailListIsPdf function in Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.09 for Unix allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with a crafted PDF attachment.

Published: 2004-12-22

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 23.0% 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 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.9:*:unix:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_extras:3	RHSA-2004:674	2004-12-23T00:00:00Z

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Remediation

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Tracking

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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 Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.23008.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/13474
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331153.html
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=161&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/253024
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_01_sr.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18477
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1152
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1152

History

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Subscriptions

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Redhat Rhel Extras

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-12-22T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:39:00.880Z

Reserved: 2004-12-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1152

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-01-10T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-1152

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2004-12-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-1152 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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