CVE-2009-0836
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 42.9%EU EUVD
Foxit Reader 2.3 before Build 3902 and 3.0 before Build 1506, including 1120 and 1301, does not require user confirmation before performing dangerous actions defined in a PDF file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs and have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by the "Open/Execute a file" action.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 42.9% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0833)
- Published
- March 10, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0833 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- foxitsoftware / reader
- foxitsoftware / reader
References
- http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/03/remote-code-execution-in-pdf-still.html
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006079.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34036(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/foxit-reader-vulnerabilities(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security.htm#bypass(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501623/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34035(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021824
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0634(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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