CVE-2009-3068
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the RoboHelpServer Servlet (robohelp/server) in Adobe RoboHelp Server 8 allows remote attackers…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 78.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the RoboHelpServer Servlet (robohelp/server) in Adobe RoboHelp Server 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a Java Archive (.jsp) file during a PUBLISH action, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the robohelp/robo/reserved/web directory under its sessionid subdirectory, as demonstrated by the vd_adobe module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.7 through 8.11.
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 and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Adobe RoboHelp Server 8 Arbitrary File Upload and Execute (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/adobe_robohelper_authbypassRank excellentdisclosed 23 Sept 2009
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Adobe RoboHelp Server 8 - Arbitrary File Upload / Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16789remote, multiplepublished 24 Nov 2010Verified
- Adobe RoboHelp Server 8 - Authentication Bypass (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33209webapps, jsppublished 3 Sept 2009Verified
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
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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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 78.2% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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
References12
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/09/potential_robohelp_server_8_is.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 36245 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=69 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 36467 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-066 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-14.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=26 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://twitter.com/elegerov/statuses/3737725344 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://twitter.com/elegerov/statuses/3727947465 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://intevydis.com/vd-list.shtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20090923 ZDI-09-066: Adobe RoboHelp Server Arbitrary File Upload and Execute Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://twitter.com/elegerov/statuses/3737538715 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2009-3052 (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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