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CVE-2009-3956

N/A

Published: January 13, 2010 at 07:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorAcrobat ReaderAcrobat· also runs on 3 platforms

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 8%

Description

The default configuration of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, does not enable the Enhanced Security feature, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, related to a "script injection vulnerability," as demonstrated by Acrobat Forms Data Format (FDF) behavior that allows cross-site scripting (XSS) by user-assisted remote attackers.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Acrobat · Adobe

95%

v ≤ 9.23.0 3.1 4.0 4.0.5 4.0.5a 4.0.5c 5.0 5.0.10 5.0.5 5.0.6 6.0 6.0.1 6.0.2 6.0.3 6.0.4 6.0.5 6.0.6 7.0 7.0.1 7.0.2 7.0.3 7.0.4 7.0.5 7.0.6 7.0.7 7.0.8 7.0.9 7.1.0 7.1.1 7.1.2 7.1.3 7.1.4 8.0 8.1 8.1.1 8.1.2 8.1.3 8.1.4 8.1.5 8.1.6 8.1.7 9.0 9.1 9.1.1 9.1.2 9.1.3

apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)

Acrobat Reader · Adobe

95%

v ≤ 9.23.0 3.01 3.02 4.0 4.0.5 4.0.5a 4.0.5c 4.5 5.0 5.0.10 5.0.11 5.0.5 5.0.6 5.0.7 5.0.9 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 6.0.2 6.0.3 6.0.4 6.0.5 7.0 7.0.1 7.0.2 7.0.3 7.0.4 7.0.5 7.0.6 7.0.7 7.0.8 7.0.9 7.1.0 7.1.1 7.1.2 7.1.3 8.0 8.1 8.1.1 8.1.2 8.1.4 8.1.5 8.1.6 8.1.7 9.0 9.1 9.1.1 9.1.2 9.1.3

apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment) · unix-unix (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

95%

Windows · Microsoft

95%

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (14)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/38138

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/38215

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/SS-2010-001.txt

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Source: [email protected]

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37763

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023446

CVSS

10HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-16

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