Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0, and possibly the plugin distributed with Adobe Reader 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2, for Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Google Chrome, Opera 8.5.4 build 770, and Opera 9.10.8679 on Windows allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript and conduct other attacks via a .pdf URL with a javascript: or res: URI with (1) FDF, (2) XML, and (3) XFDF AJAX parameters, or (4) an arbitrarily named name=URI anchor identifier, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-0045 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 58.96%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +8.82% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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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 | 2026-05-31 | 50.14% | 58.96% | +8.82% |
| 2 | 2026-05-22 | 61.36% | 50.14% | -11.22% |
| 3 | 2025-08-22 | — | 61.36% | — |
Full EPSS history (22 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2007-0045: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2007-0045 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2007-0045: 2 GLSA(s) (200701-16, 200910-03), 1 atom(s) (app-text/acroread); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-0045 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0045 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2007-0045 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (acroread, iceape, xulrunner), 15 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): DNE 6, released 5, needs-triage 3, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-0045 |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |