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CVE-2009-1599

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-05-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Opera executes DOM calls in response to a javascript: URI in the target attribute of a submit element within a form contained in an inline PDF file, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended Adobe Acrobat JavaScript restrictions on accessing the document object, as demonstrated by a web site that permits PDF uploads by untrusted users, and therefore has a shared document.domain between the web site and this javascript: URI. NOTE: the researcher reports that Adobe's position is "a PDF file is active content."

Affected products

• Opera Browser: all versions

References

• http://secniche.org/papers/SNS_09_03_PDF_Silent_Form_Re_Purp_Attack.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503183/100/0/threaded
• http://secniche.org/papers/SNS_09_03_PDF_Silent_Form_Re_Purp_Attack.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503183/100/0/threaded

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