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CVE-2009-2993

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-10-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat for Edge: through 9.1.3; 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5 (+17)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 9.1.3; 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5 (+19)

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/257117
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36664
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5822
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/257117
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638

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