CVE-2009-3068

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 78.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-09-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the RoboHelpServer Servlet (robohelp/server) in Adobe RoboHelp Server 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a Java Archive (.jsp) file during a PUBLISH action, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the robohelp/robo/reserved/web directory under its sessionid subdirectory, as demonstrated by the vd_adobe module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.7 through 8.11.

Affected products

Adobe RoboHelp: 8

References

http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/09/potential_robohelp_server_8_is.html
http://intevydis.com/vd-list.shtml
http://secunia.com/advisories/36467
http://twitter.com/elegerov/statuses/3727947465
http://twitter.com/elegerov/statuses/3737538715
http://twitter.com/elegerov/statuses/3737725344
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-14.html
http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=26
http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=69
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506687/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36245
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-066

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