CVE-2003-0284: Adobe Acrobat

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 by the W32.Yourde virus.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat: version 5.0 only

Published 2003-06-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.