CVE-2009-2993

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-2993
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2009-10-19T22:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:25:16
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.1.3
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.1.3
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html Patch US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/257117 Patch US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36664
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5822
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2993
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2993
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:01:59 Added to TrackCVE