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CVE-2008-2042
The Javascript API in Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.9 and possibly 8.1.1 exposes a dangerous method, which allows remote attackers to…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 5.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Javascript API in Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.9 and possibly 8.1.1 exposes a dangerous method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or trigger a buffer overflow via a crafted PDF file that invokes app.checkForUpdate with a malicious callback function.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 3861 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1966 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20080507 Adobe Acrobat Professional Javascript For PDF Security Feature Bypass and Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 239286 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- adobe-appcheckforupdate-code-execution(42237) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30840 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1019971 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-2039 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-2042)Record last updated .