CVE-2010-1240
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, do not restrict the contents of one text field in the Launch File warning dialog, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick users into executing an arbitrary local program that was specified in a PDF document, as demonstrated by a text field that claims that the Open button will enable the user to read an encrypted message.
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
- 73.6% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1270)
- Published
- April 5, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1270 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / acrobat reader
- microsoft / windows
References
- http://blog.didierstevens.com/2010/03/29/escape-from-pdf/(Exploit)
- http://blog.didierstevens.com/2010/06/29/quickpost-no-escape-from-pdf/
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006075.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024159
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-231A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1636
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7466
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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