CVE-2002-0030

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The digital signature mechanism for the Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer only verifies the PE header of executable code for a plug-in, which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in certified mode by making the plug-in appear to be signed by Adobe.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0148.htmlVendor Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004230.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/549913Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JSHA-5EZQGZVendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0148.htmlVendor Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004230.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/549913Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JSHA-5EZQGZVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 2, 2003
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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