CVE-2009-2993

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
9.1
MODERATE
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
9.132

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities affected in Acrobat Reader 9.1.3Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-315465Adobe Acrobat Reader MUI DC (Classic Track) update - All languages (15.006.30527) (APSB20-48)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234