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    CVE-2006-6236

    Adobe Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader) 7.0 through 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument string to the (1) src, (2) setPageMode, (3) setLayoutMode, and (4) setNamedDest methods in an AcroPDF ActiveX control, a different set of vectors than CVE-2006-6027.

    Published:Dec 3, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 3, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.53394
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Adobe
    Product
    Acrobat Reader

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-81989 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …
    CVE-2026-81991 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive m…
    CVE-2026-81980 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code executi…
    CVE-2026-81987 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability that could result in arbitrary c…
    CVE-2026-79909 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …
    CVE-2026-81977 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) vulnerability that could lead to discl…
    CVE-2026-81994 (CVSS 8.2) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype…
    CVE-2026-81979 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code executi…
    CVE-2026-81992 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code e…
    CVE-2026-81978 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive m…

    References

    http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061128.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23138
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa06-02.html
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/198908
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453579/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21338
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21813
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4751
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30574
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31167
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3040
    http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061128.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23138
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa06-02.html
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/198908
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453579/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21338
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21813
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4751
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30574
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31167
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3040

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High