CVE-2009-3068
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the RoboHelpServer Servlet (robohelp/server) in Adobe RoboHelp Server 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a Java Archive (.jsp) file during a PUBLISH action, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the robohelp/robo/reserved/web directory under its sessionid subdirectory, as demonstrated by the vd_adobe module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.7 through 8.11.
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-264
- EPSS score
- 78.2% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3052)
- Published
- September 4, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3052 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / robohelp server
References
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/09/potential_robohelp_server_8_is.html
- http://intevydis.com/vd-list.shtml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36467(Vendor Advisory)
- http://twitter.com/elegerov/statuses/3727947465
- http://twitter.com/elegerov/statuses/3737538715
- http://twitter.com/elegerov/statuses/3737725344
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-14.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=26
- http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=69
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506687/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36245
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-066
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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