Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat
CVE-2009-3959
Integer overflow in the U3D implementation in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF document.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.115 (95.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.115 · newest: 0.115 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Acrobat — versions 3.0, 3.1, 4.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02
- Apple Mac OS X
- Microsoft Windows
- Unix
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55557 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/38138 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508949 (mailing-list)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/37756 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8539 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-3959?
- CVE-2009-3959 is a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under CWE-189. Published 2010-01-13.
- Is CVE-2009-3959 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.