Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4, and 8.x before 8.2.5 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspeci
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4, and 8.x before 8.2.5 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to a "prefix protocol handler vulnerability."
- Published
- Oct 6, 2010
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 7.8% · 94th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-94
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Report tools
Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 2 / 30 · 7.8%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| adobe | acrobat | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat |
| adobe | acrobat reader | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- adobe acrobat8.0
- adobe acrobat8.1
- adobe acrobat8.1.1
- adobe acrobat8.1.2
- adobe acrobat8.1.3
- adobe acrobat8.1.4
- adobe acrobat8.1.5
- adobe acrobat8.1.6
- adobe acrobat8.1.7
- adobe acrobat8.2
- adobe acrobat8.2.1
- adobe acrobat8.2.2
- adobe acrobat8.2.3
- adobe acrobat8.2.4
- adobe acrobat9.0
- adobe acrobat9.1
- adobe acrobat9.1.1
- adobe acrobat9.1.2
- adobe acrobat9.1.3
- adobe acrobat9.2
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:4 | acroread | before 0:9.4.0-1.el4 | 0:9.4.0-1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | acroread-plugin | before 0:9.4.0-1.el4 | 0:9.4.0-1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | acroread | before 0:9.4.0-1.el5 | 0:9.4.0-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | acroread-plugin | before 0:9.4.0-1.el5 | 0:9.4.0-1.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:acroread | 0:9.4.0-1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:acroread-plugin | 0:9.4.0-1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Timeline
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Patch and commit links
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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
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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)
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
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References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
- secunia.com/advisories/43025
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6772
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.