CVE-2009-2993

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/257117Patch, US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36664
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.htmlPatch, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5822
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/257117Patch, US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36664
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.htmlPatch, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5822

Timeline

Published: Oct 19, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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