PDF form field rectangle out of page coordinates

Hi,
recently i came across a PDF file which had a (text) form field with the following rectangle coordinates:
LowerLeft: 170;850
UpperRight: 475;862
The page itself had: 595;841 whereas MediaBox=CropBox=BleedBox=TrimBox.
Thus the y coordinate is out of the page so to speak.
The adobe reader displays the field at the upper top of the page but within the boundaries of the page.
Maybe it does correct/fix it?
My question is:
1.) Is that pdf spec compliant? (I did a quick search however couldn't find anything about it)
2.) Is that PDF/A-1 compliant (if that makes a difference)?
Thanks,
ToM

No, I think this is incorrect - all page coordinates are relative to the coordinate system:
From ISO 32000-1, Table 164:
Rect
rectangle
(Required) The annotation rectangle, defining the location of the annotation on the page in default user space units.
Default user space is not relative to MediaBox or any other box.
From ISO 32000-1, Table 30:
MediaBox
rectangle
(Required; inheritable) A rectangle (see 7.9.5, "Rectangles"), expressed in default user space units, that shall define the boundaries of the physical medium on which the page shall be displayed or printed (see 14.11.2, "Page Boundaries").
From ISO 32000-1, 8.3.2.3, User Space:
The CropBox entry in the page dictionary shall specify the rectangle of user space corresponding to the visible area of the intended output medium (display window or printed page).
Otherwise annotations and form fields would move just because someone is changing the MediaBox or CropBox values...
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