National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-0629
Original release date:09/28/2004
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: BID
Name: 10947
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200408-14
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: acrobat-reader-activex-bo(16998)
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/330527.html
External Source: IDEFENSE
Name: 20040813 Adobe Acrobat/Acrobat Reader ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
