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CVE-2009-2993

N/A

Description

The JavaScript for Acrobat API in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 does not properly implement the (1) Privileged Context and (2) Safe Path restrictions for unspecified JavaScript methods, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via the cPath parameter in a crafted PDF file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published10/19/2009

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

adobe:acrobatadobe:acrobat_reader

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/257117(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36664(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898(cve@mitre.org)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5822(cve@mitre.org)

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/257117(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36664(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5822(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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