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CVE-2003-0142

N/A
Published: July 17, 2003 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAcrobat Reader

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread) 6, under certain circumstances when running with the "Certified plug-ins only" option disabled, loads plug-ins with signatures used for older versions of Acrobat, which can allow attackers to cause Acrobat to enter Certified mode and run untrusted plugins by modifying the CTIsCertifiedMode function.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/689835
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/328224

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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