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01 Record

CVE-2003-0284

Adobe Acrobat 5 does not properly validate JavaScript in PDF files, which allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files into the Plug-ins folder that spread to other PDF documents, as demonstrated

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

Adobe Acrobat 5 does not properly validate JavaScript in PDF files, which allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files into the Plug-ins folder that spread to other PDF documents, as demonstrated

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 81.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector
No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2003-05-14 04:00Z23 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-08 01:50Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2003-05-13
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
d7fe66b4efa5329d2b277b9e8283e1b081f06201428fd43ee8d7dcc3de9c6559

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
adobeacrobatNot specified—

06 References