Accessibility Options |  Sitemap |  Contact Us
   
 
 
 
HOME space ABOUTCERTIn space KNOWLEDGEBASE space TRAINING space ADVISORIES space VULNOTES space space Facebook space x space insta space youtube space Linkedin
WLine
DigitalIndia
WLine
csk
WLine
Full Member FIRST
Line
Operational Member TFCSIRT
Line
Accredited Member APCERT
Line
Global Research Partner APWG
Line
Associate Partner Charter
Line
CNA
WLine
 Directions by CERT-In under  Section 70B, Information  Technology Act 2000
WLine
 Guidelines on Information  Security Practices for  Government Entities
WLine
 Technical Guidelines on NEW  SOFTWARE BILL OF MATERIALS  (SBOM)
WLine
 Cyber Security GuidelinesNEW  for Smart City Infrastructure
About CERT-in
Line
point point Client's /Citizen's Charter
Line
point point Roles & Functions
Line
point point Advisory Committee
Line
point point Act/Rules/Regulations
Line
point point Internal Complaint Committee         (ICC) 
Line
point point RFC2350 
line
point point Press  
Line
point point Tender 
Line
point point Subscribe Mailing List
Line
point point Contact Us
Line
Line
Reporting
point
 Incident Reporting
point
Line
point
 Vulnerability Reporting
point
Line
point
 Feedback
point
Line
KnowledgeBase
Line
point Point Guidelines
Line
point Point Presentations
Line
point Point White Papers 
Line
point Point Annual Report 
Line
Line
Line
line
Line
line
line
Advisories
Line
VulnerabilityNotes
Line
RelatedLinks
Line
point Point World CERTs
Line
point point Antivirus Resources
line
point point FAQ
line
line
Line
Line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
line
spacer
Home - Vulnerability NotesPrint
point
CERT-In Vulnerability Note CIVN-2006-0123
Adobe Reader / Acrobat AcroPDF ActiveX Control Vulnerability

Original Issue Date:December 01, 2006

Severity Rating: HIGH

Systems Affected

  • Adobe Acrobat 7.x running along with Internet Explorer.
  • Adobe Reader 7.x running along with Internet Explorer.

Overview

A vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat that could be exploited by an attacker to take complete control of the vulnerable system.

Description

The vulnerability is caused due to errors in the AcroPDF ActiveX control AcroPDF.dll when processing arbitrary arguments passed to the "setPageMode ", "setLayoutMode ", "setNamedDest ", and "LoadFile " methods. The ActiveX control AcroPDF is used by Internet Explorer.



The attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating and hosting a specially crafted web page and could persuade a user to visit the web page and could crash the application.

It may be noted that the systems running Internet Explorer are vulnerable, systems running other web browsers are not vulnerable.



Workaround

  • Prevent PDF documents from opening within an Internet Explorer window by following the steps:
    1. Exit Internet Explorer and Adobe Reader.
    2. Browse to <volume>:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX.
      Note: If you did not install Acrobat to the default location, browse to the location of your Acrobat 7.0 folder
    3. Select AcroPDF.dll and delete it.
  • Disable ActiveX while visiting untrusted websites.
  • Do not follow unsolicited links.

    • References

    Adobe
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa06-02.html

    Secunia
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23138/

    USCERT
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/198908

    CVE Name
    CVE-2006-6027

    Disclaimer

    The information provided herein is on "as is" basis, without warranty of any kind.

    Contact Information

    Email: info@cert-in.org.in
    Phone: +91-11-2436857

    Postal address

    Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)
    Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
    Government of India
    Electronics Niketan
    6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
    New Delhi - 110 003
    India

     
    Indian Computer Emergency Response Team - CERT-In, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.
    Website Policies |  Terms of Use |  Help Last Updated On June 16, 2025