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CVE-2008-40711 exploit
A certain ActiveX control in Adobe Acrobat 9, when used with Microsoft Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7, allows remote attackers to ca…
Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
19.2%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
A certain ActiveX control in Adobe Acrobat 9, when used with Microsoft Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via an src property value with an invalid acroie:// URL.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
19.21% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-6424 Adobe Acrobat 9 - ActiveX Remote Denial of Service · dos · 2008-09-11
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
- exploit-db.com /exploits/6424 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
- securityreason.com /securityalert/4257 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/45195 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2008-4071
- NVD: CVE-2008-4071
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