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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-6236 Detail

Description

Adobe Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader) 7.0 through 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument string to the (1) src, (2) setPageMode, (3) setLayoutMode, and (4) setNamedDest methods in an AcroPDF ActiveX control, a different set of vectors than CVE-2006-6027.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (12/19/2006)

Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the Linux version of Adobe Reader.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061128.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23138 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa06-02.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/198908 CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453579/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21338 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21813 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4751 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30574 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31167 CVE, MITRE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3040 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-6236
NVD Published Date:
12/03/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE