CVE-2007-0044

Exp

Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0 for the Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera web browsers allows remote attackers to force the browser to make unauthorized requests to other web sites via a URL in the (1) FDF, (2) xml, and (3) xfdf AJAX request parameters, following the # (hash) character, aka "Universal CSRF and session riding."

Published: 2007-01-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-0044 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 45.64%, 98th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.78% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-0044

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29383 exploit_db edb 2007-01-03 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0044

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 2026-05-16 39.86% 45.64% +5.78%
2 2026-02-13 51.95% 39.86% -12.10%
3 2025-08-22 — 51.95% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0044

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-0044

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-0044

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2007-0044: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2007-0044
gentoo normal CVE-2007-0044: 1 GLSA(s) (200701-16), 1 atom(s) (app-text/acroread); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-0044
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0044

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0044

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe acrobat <= 7.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:elements:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.2:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.2:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.3:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.3:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.4:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.4:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.5:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.5:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.6:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.6:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.7:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.7:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.8:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat 7.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.8:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_3d — cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_3d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader <= 7.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader 6.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader 6.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader 6.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2007-0044

URL Tags
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/attachments/1158-Subverting_Ajax.pdf
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23812
http://secunia.com/advisories/23882 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29065 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2090 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017469
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455801/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21858
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0032
http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=9 Exploit Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31266
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10042
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