VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-2993

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability6.67%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-10-19
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references