CVE-2010-1240

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 73.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-04-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, do not restrict the contents of one text field in the Launch File warning dialog, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick users into executing an arbitrary local program that was specified in a PDF document, as demonstrated by a text field that claims that the Open button will enable the user to read an encrypted message.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat Reader: 9.3.1

References

http://blog.didierstevens.com/2010/03/29/escape-from-pdf/
http://blog.didierstevens.com/2010/06/29/quickpost-no-escape-from-pdf/
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006075.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024159
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-231A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1636
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7466
http://blog.didierstevens.com/2010/03/29/escape-from-pdf/
http://blog.didierstevens.com/2010/06/29/quickpost-no-escape-from-pdf/
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006075.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html

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