Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 18, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0142
CVE-2003-0142
Description
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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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: = 6
Patches
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/328224nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/689835nvdUS Government Resource
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