CVE-2009-0927Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9 before 9.1, 8 before 8.1.3 , and 7 before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 96.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 25 Mar 2022
- 6Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9 before 9.1, 8 before 8.1.3 , and 7 before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the getIcon method of a Collab object, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0658.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
- Added
- 25 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 15 Apr 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 25 Mar 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and 4 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits7
Metasploit modules2 modules
- Adobe Collab.getIcon() Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/adobe_geticonRank gooddisclosed 24 Mar 2009
- Adobe Collab.getIcon() Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_geticonRank gooddisclosed 24 Mar 2009
Exploit-DB4 entries
- Adobe - 'Collab.getIcon()' Local Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16681local, windowspublished 25 Sept 2010Verified
- Adobe - 'Collab.getIcon()' Local Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16606local, windowspublished 30 Apr 2010Verified
- Adobe Acrobat/Reader < 7.1.1/8.1.3/9.1 - Collab getIcon Universal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9579local, windowspublished 3 Sept 2009Verified
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 < 9.0 - 'getIcon()' Memory Corruption (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8595local, windowspublished 4 May 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 9579 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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
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- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 96.6% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References17
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-014 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 9579 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 34169 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 34790 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1021861 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0770 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 34490 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20090324 ZDI-09-014: Adobe Acrobat getIcon() Stack Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 34706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 256788 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- GLSA-200904-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1019 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- adobe-unspecified-javascript-code-execution(49312) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-0927 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0924 (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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