CVE-2009-3956
The default configuration of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, does not enable the Enhanced Security feature, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, related to a "script injection vulnerability," as demonstrated by Acrobat Forms Data Format (FDF) behavior that allows cross-site scripting (XSS) by user-assisted remote attackers.
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-16
- EPSS score
- 7.7% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3927)
- Published
- January 13, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3927 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / acrobat
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- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38138
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38215
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/SS-2010-001.txt
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37763
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023446
- http://www.stratsec.net/files/SS-2010-001_Stratsec_Acrobat_Script_Injection_Security_Advisory_v1.0.pdf
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554296
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55554
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8327
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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