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CVE-2009-2991· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Unspecified vulnerability in the Mozilla plug-in in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x before 7.1.4 and 9.x before

Unspecified vulnerability in the Mozilla plug-in in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x before 7.1.4 and 9.x before 9.2, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 19, 2009
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
7.6% · 94th percentile
CWE
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Action score

39

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CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
2 / 30 · 7.6%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
adobeacrobat
adobeacrobat reader

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • adobe acrobatup to 9.1.3 inclusive
  • adobe acrobat7.0
  • adobe acrobat7.0.1
  • adobe acrobat7.0.2
  • adobe acrobat7.0.3
  • adobe acrobat7.0.4
  • adobe acrobat7.0.5
  • adobe acrobat7.0.6
  • adobe acrobat7.0.7
  • adobe acrobat7.0.8
  • adobe acrobat7.0.9
  • adobe acrobat7.1.0
  • adobe acrobat7.1.1
  • adobe acrobat7.1.3
  • adobe acrobat8.0
  • adobe acrobat8.1
  • adobe acrobat8.1.1
  • adobe acrobat8.1.2
  • adobe acrobat8.1.3
  • adobe acrobat8.1.4

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Red Hat:rhel_extras:3acroreadbefore 0:8.1.7-10:8.1.7-1
Red Hat:rhel_extras:3acroread-pluginbefore 0:8.1.7-10:8.1.7-1
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4acroreadbefore 0:8.1.7-1.el40:8.1.7-1.el4
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4acroread-pluginbefore 0:8.1.7-1.el40:8.1.7-1.el4
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::clientacroreadbefore 0:8.1.7-1.el50:8.1.7-1.el5
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::clientacroread-pluginbefore 0:8.1.7-1.el50:8.1.7-1.el5

Same product

adobe: all records

Other 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 KEV
    96Now
  • 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 KEV
    93Now
  • CVE-2021-21017Acrobat Reader DC Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Could Lead To Arbitrary Code ExecutionKEV
    91Now
  • 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 exeKEV
    91Now
  • 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 tKEV
    91Now
  • 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 remotKEV
    90Now

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
red hat:acroread0:8.1.7-1 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:3Package registry (OSV)
red hat:acroread-plugin0:8.1.7-1 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:3Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

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.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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 researchers

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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

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

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    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

    1. Fix✗ → ✓

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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