CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-4764
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-04-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
Adobe Reader 8.x and 9.x on Windows is able to execute EXE files that are embedded in a PDF document, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick users into executing arbitrary code via a crafted document.
Affected configurations
• adobe acrobat reader 8.0
• adobe acrobat reader 8.1
• adobe acrobat reader 8.1.1
• adobe acrobat reader 8.1.2
• adobe acrobat reader 8.1.4
• adobe acrobat reader 8.1.5
• adobe acrobat reader 8.1.6
• adobe acrobat reader 8.1.7
• adobe acrobat reader 9.0
• adobe acrobat reader 9.1
• adobe acrobat reader 9.1.1
• adobe acrobat reader 9.1.2
• adobe acrobat reader 9.1.3
• adobe acrobat reader 9.2
• adobe acrobat reader 9.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006072.html lists.immunitysec.com
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006074.html lists.immunitysec.com
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/8379/changes/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_pdf_embedded_exe.rb www.metasploit.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57994 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://forum.immunityinc.com/board/thread/1199/exploiting-pdf-files-without-vulnerabili/?page=1#post-1199 forum.immunityinc.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6976 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006072.html lists.immunitysec.com
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006074.html lists.immunitysec.com
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/8379/changes/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_pdf_embedded_exe.rb www.metasploit.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57994 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://forum.immunityinc.com/board/thread/1199/exploiting-pdf-files-without-vulnerabili/?page=1#post-1199 forum.immunityinc.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6976 oval.cisecurity.org