PT-2009-5333 · Adobe · Reader+1

Richard Van Eeden · Published 2009-10-19 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2009-2993

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7.x through 7.1.3 Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 8.x through 8.1.6 Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9.x through 9.1

Description: The issue concerns the JavaScript for Acrobat API, which does not properly implement certain restrictions for unspecified JavaScript methods. This allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via the cPath parameter in a crafted PDF file.

Recommendations: For Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7.x through 7.1.3, update to version 7.1.4 or later. For Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 8.x through 8.1.6, update to version 8.1.7 or later. For Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9.x through 9.1, update to version 9.2 or later.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2993

RHSA-2009:1499

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 9

• http://adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2993 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/257117 · Patch
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html · Patch
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/36638 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5822 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/36664 · Note