Adobe Acrobat up to 7.0.7 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Adobe Acrobat. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-3093. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Adobe Acrobat (Document Reader Software). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread) before 7.0.8 have unknown impact and unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 06/15/2006. The weakness was disclosed 06/15/2006 with Adobe (Website). The advisory is available at adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-3093 since 06/19/2006. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21698 (Adobe Reader < 7.0.8 Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165139 (SUSE Security Update for acroread (SUSE-SA:2006:041)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at adobe.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31829), Tenable (21698), SecurityFocus (BID 18445†), OSVDB (26536†) and Secunia (SA20925†). The entry VDB-84140 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 21698
Nessus Name: Adobe Reader < 7.0.8 Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801525
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities Jun06 (Windows)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: adobe.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: http://www.adobe.com
Organization: Adobe
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3093 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3093
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2322
X-Force: 31829 - Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread) multiple unspecified, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 18445 - Adobe Reader Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20925 - SUSE update for acroread, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 26536 - Adobe Reader for Windows Multiple Unspecified Issues
SecurityTracker: 1016314
Vulnerability Center: 11953 - Multiple Adobe Reader Unspecified Vulnerabilities, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/26/2006 14:43
Updated: 06/21/2025 20:45
Changes: 06/26/2006 14:43 (90), 09/05/2019 13:34 (6), 06/21/2025 20:45 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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