Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2, and Adobe Flash Player 9.x through 9.0.159.0 and 10.x through 10.0.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: This week (action score 67/100)
- CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Jun 8, 2022). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Jun 22, 2022.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 21.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 97.5% of all records.
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:3) 0:9.0.246.0-2.el3.with.oss; flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:4) 0:9.0.246.0-2.el4; flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client) 0:10.0.32.18-2.el5.
Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Upgrade to flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:3) 0:9.0.246.0-2.el3.with.oss; flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:4) 0:9.0.246.0-2.el4; flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client) 0:10.0.32.18-2.el5 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2, and Adobe Flash Player 9.x through 9.0.159.0 and 10.x through 10.0.22.87, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via (1) a crafted Flash application in a .pdf file or (2) a crafted .swf file, related to authplay.dll, as exploited in the wild in July 2009.
- Published
- Jul 23, 2009
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 21.2% · 98th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-787
Report tools
Action score
67
This week
Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 30 / 30 · Listed
- EPSS
- 6 / 30 · 21.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Actively exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Jun 8, 2022. That signals real attacks, not theory.
Remediation deadline for government agencies: Jun 22, 2022.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| adobe | acrobat | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat |
| adobe | acrobat reader | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader |
| adobe | flash player | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- adobe acrobat9.0 and later · up to 9.1.2 inclusive
- adobe acrobat reader9.0 and later · up to 9.1.2 inclusive
- adobe flash player9.0 and later · up to 9.0.159.0 inclusive
- adobe flash player10.0 and later · up to 10.0.22.87 inclusive
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:3 | flash-plugin | before 0:9.0.246.0-2.el3.with.oss | 0:9.0.246.0-2.el3.with.oss |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | flash-plugin | before 0:9.0.246.0-2.el4 | 0:9.0.246.0-2.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | flash-plugin | before 0:10.0.32.18-2.el5 | 0:10.0.32.18-2.el5 |
Same product
adobe: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2011-2462Unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.1 and earlier on Windows and Mac OS X, and Adobe Reader 9.x KEV96Now
- CVE-2013-3346Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.5, 10.x before 10.1.7, and 11.x before 11.0.03 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a KEV93Now
- CVE-2021-21017Acrobat Reader DC Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Could Lead To Arbitrary Code ExecutionKEV91Now
- CVE-2009-3459Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows remote attackers to exeKEV91Now
- CVE-2008-2992Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file tKEV91Now
- CVE-2009-3953The U3D implementation in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, and 7.x before 7.1.4 allows remotKEV90Now
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| red hat:flash-plugin | 0:10.0.32.18-2.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
Weaponized
A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- CISA KEV+4702 d
- TodayOct 15, 2026+6293 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds WriteCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-1265
- isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6847
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00003.html
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
- news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10293389-245.html
- secunia.com/advisories/36193
- secunia.com/advisories/36374
- secunia.com/advisories/36701
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-04.xml
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3864
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
- www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-03.html
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259425
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35759
- www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-072209-2512-99
- www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/next-generation-flash-vulnerability
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.