CVE-2006-6027

Exp

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 LoadFile method in an AcroPDF ActiveX control.

Published: 2006-11-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6027 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 64.78%, 98th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +8.86% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6027

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29076 exploit_db edb 2006-11-17 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6027

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-25 55.92% 64.78% +8.86%
2 2026-02-05 43.07% 55.92% +12.84%
3 2025-11-03 — 43.07% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6027

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6027

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6027

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6027: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6027
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6027

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-6027

  • Red Hat (2006-11-23T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect Linux versions of Adobe Reader.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6027

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe acrobat_reader 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6027

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