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CVE-2006-5857 Detail

Current Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption and overwrites a subroutine pointer during rendering.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0200.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/31316 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23666 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23691 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23812 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23877 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23882 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24533 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017491 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102847-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/698924 CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/adobe-acrobat-adv.txt CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0021.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456491/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21981 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0115 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0957 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11698 CVE, MITRE
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0017.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5857
NVD Published Date:
12/31/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE