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 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.
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-20
- EPSS score
- 6.7% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2978)
- Published
- October 19, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2978 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/257117(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36664
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5822
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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