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CVE-2008-4817
The Download Manager in Adobe Acrobat Professional and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
High9.3EPSS 11.4%
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- mitre
Description
The Download Manager in Adobe Acrobat Professional and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that calls an AcroJS function with a long string argument, triggering heap corruption.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.4% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- 32700 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 49541 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 249366 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 32872 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0098 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA08-309A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1021140 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0974 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20081104 Adobe Acrobat Professional And Reader AcroJS Heap Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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