National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-1199
Original release date:03/02/2007
Last revised:11/15/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Trial allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a file:// URI in a PDF document, as demonstrated with <</URI(file:///C:/)/S/URI>>, a different issue than CVE-2007-0045.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Official Statement from Red Hat (03/06/2008)
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-1199
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
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External Source: XF
Name: adobe-pdf-file-information-disclosure(32815)
External Source: BID
Name: 22753
Type: Advisory; Exploit
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/pdf-strikes-back/
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 33897
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200803-01
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29205
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 24408