Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader
CVE-2008-2549
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF document, as demonstrated by 2008-HI2.pdf.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.526 (99.0th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.526 · newest: 0.526 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.0.5
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/32700 (third-party-advisory)
- support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
- secunia.com/advisories/35163 (third-party-advisory)
- download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32872 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42886 (vdb-entry)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5687 (exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29420 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-2549?
- CVE-2008-2549 is a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Published 2008-06-04.
- Is CVE-2008-2549 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.