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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…
High9.3EPSS 6.7%
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- mitre
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.
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)
- 6.7% · top 6.1% 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 (8)
- 36638 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA09-286B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1023007 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5822 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2898 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- VU#257117 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 36664 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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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