CVE-2009-0836
Foxit Reader 2.3 before Build 3902 and 3.0 before Build 1506, including 1120 and 1301, does not require user confirmation before…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 42.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Foxit Reader 2.3 before Build 3902 and 3.0 before Build 1506, including 1120 and 1301, does not require user confirmation before performing dangerous actions defined in a PDF file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs and have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by the "Open/Execute a file" action.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module for it.
Show the exploits1
Metasploit modules1 module
- Foxit Reader Authorization Bypass (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/pdf/foxit/authbypassRank normaldisclosed 9 Mar 2009
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 42.9% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 20090309 Foxit Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities (CORE-2009-0218) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 34036 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [dailydave] 20100402 0day, it may not be (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0634 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1021824 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 34035 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/03/remote-code-execution-in-pdf-still.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/foxit-reader-vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security.htm#bypass (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2009-0833 (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-2009-0836)Record last updated .