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CVE-2009-2993

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.

Published

2009-10-19T22:30:00.577

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application adobe acrobat ≤ 9.1.3 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 7.0 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 7.0.1 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 7.0.2 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 7.0.3 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 7.0.4 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 7.0.5 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 7.0.6 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 7.0.7 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 7.0.8 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 7.0.9 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 7.1.0 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 7.1.1 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 7.1.3 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 8.0 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 8.1 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 8.1.1 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 8.1.2 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 8.1.3 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 8.1.4 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 8.1.6 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 9.0 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 9.1.1 Yes
Application adobe acrobat 9.1.2 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader ≤ 9.1.3 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 7.0 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.1 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.2 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.3 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.4 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.5 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.6 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.7 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.8 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.9 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 7.1.0 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 7.1.1 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 7.1.3 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 8.0 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 8.1 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 8.1.1 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 8.1.2 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 8.1.3 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 8.1.4 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 8.1.5 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 8.1.6 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 9.0 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 9.1 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 9.1.1 Yes
Application adobe acrobat_reader 9.1.2 Yes
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