CVE-2010-1240
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, do not restrict the contents of one text field in…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 73.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, do not restrict the contents of one text field in the Launch File warning dialog, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick users into executing an arbitrary local program that was specified in a PDF document, as demonstrated by a text field that claims that the Open button will enable the user to read an encrypted message.
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 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules2 modules
- Adobe PDF Embedded EXE Social Engineering (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_pdf_embedded_exeRank excellentdisclosed 29 Mar 2010
- Adobe PDF Escape EXE Social Engineering (No JavaScript) (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_pdf_embedded_exe_nojsRank excellentdisclosed 29 Mar 2010
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Adobe PDF - Embedded EXE Social Engineering (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16671local, windowspublished 16 Dec 2010Verified
- Adobe PDF - Escape EXE Social Engineering (No JavaScript) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16682local, windowspublished 16 Dec 2010Verified
- Adobe Reader - Escape From '.PDF' Execute Embedded Executable (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 11987local, windowspublished 31 Mar 2010Verified
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
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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)
- 73.6% · top 0.5% 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
References8
- ADV-2010-1636 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://blog.didierstevens.com/2010/03/29/escape-from-pdf/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA10-231A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1024159 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [dailydave] 20100401 0day, it may not be (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://blog.didierstevens.com/2010/06/29/quickpost-no-escape-from-pdf/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7466 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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-2010-1270 (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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