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CVE-2002-0030 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0148.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004230.html	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/549913	CVE	PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JSHA-5EZQGZ	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0148.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004230.html	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/549913	[email protected]	PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JSHA-5EZQGZ	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
adobe acrobat	4.0 4.0.5 4.0.5a 4.0.5c 5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5a:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5c:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
adobe acrobat reader	4.0 4.0.5 4.0.5a 4.0.5c 5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5a:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5c:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]