Vulnerability: Unauthorized Execution of Untrusted Plug-ins in Adobe Acrobat Reader 6

CVE-2003-0142 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread) 6, under certain circumstances when running with the "Certified plug-ins only" option disabled, loads plug-ins with signatures used for older versions of Acrobat, which can allow attackers to cause Acrobat to enter Certified mode and run untrusted plugins by modifying the CTIsCertifiedMode function.

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