CVE-2002-0030

high

Description

The digital signature mechanism for the Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer only verifies the PE header of executable code for a plug-in, which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in certified mode by making the plug-in appear to be signed by Adobe.

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JSHA-5EZQGZ

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/549913

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004230.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0148.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-04-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00217