CVE-2009-3956
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…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 7.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By adobe
- 58 days later
· 58 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)
- 7.7% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (11 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
References14
- acrobat-reader-unspec-xss(55554) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 38138 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554296 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 37763 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.stratsec.net/files/SS-2010-001_Stratsec_Acrobat_Script_Injection_Security_Advisory_v1.0.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0103 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1023446 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 38215 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- TA10-013A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8327 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/SS-2010-001.txt (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-2009-3927 (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-2009-3956)Record last updated .