Is CVE-2009-2169 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2169 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2169?

CVE-2009-2169 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-2169

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.5%EU EUVD

Insecure method vulnerability in the PDFVIEWER.PDFViewerCtrl.1 ActiveX control (pdfviewer.ocx) in Edraw PDF Viewer Component before 3.2.0.126 allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a URL argument to the FtpConnect argument and a target filename argument to the FtpDownloadFile method. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
EPSS score: 4.5% (92th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-2165)
Published: June 22, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2165 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

edraw / pdf viewer component

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-06/0198.html(Exploit)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35509(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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