# CVE-2007-0048: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-01-03 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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, when used with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Opera, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long sequence of # (hash) characters appended to a PDF URL, related to a "cross-site scripting issue."

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/01/stable-beta-update-yahoo-mail-and.html
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/attachments/1158-Subverting_Ajax.pdf
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23882
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455801/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0032
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2090
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6348
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33754
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23812
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017469
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31273
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml
- http://osvdb.org/31596
- http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=9

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