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HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2009-0658
Adobe Reader/JBIG2 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 9.0 and earlier, and Acrobat 9.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, related to a non-JavaScript function call and possibly an embedded JBIG2 image stream, as exploited in the wild in February 2009 by Trojan.Pidief.E.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 20, 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-0658 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Adobe acrobat
2 Adobe acrobat_reader
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
A buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader allows for arbitrary code execution.
  • Upgrade to the latest available version of Adobe Acrobat or Reader.
  • Update the affected packages.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2009-0658 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-0658.

URL Resource
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=5902 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/52073 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33901 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34392 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34490 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34706 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34790 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-17.xml Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-256788-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-01.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/905281 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0376.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33751 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021739 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Calendar.20090219 Third Party Advisory
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-021212-5523-99&tabid=2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-051A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0472 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1019 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48825 VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5697 Tool Signature
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8090 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8099 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=5902 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/52073 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33901 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34392 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34490 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34706 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34790 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-17.xml Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-256788-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-01.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/905281 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0376.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33751 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021739 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Calendar.20090219 Third Party Advisory
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-021212-5523-99&tabid=2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-051A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0472 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1019 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48825 VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5697 Tool Signature
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8090 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8099 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-0658 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-0658 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-0658 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-0658 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=5902
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00005.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/52073
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33901
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34392
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34490
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34706
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34790
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-17.xml
    Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-256788-1
    Added Reference http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-01.html
    Added Reference http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/905281
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0376.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33751
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021739
    Added Reference http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Calendar.20090219
    Added Reference http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-021212-5523-99&tabid=2
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-051A.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0472
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1019
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48825
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5697
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8090
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8099
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=5902 No Types Assigned http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=5902 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00005.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/52073 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/52073 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/33901 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/33901 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/34392 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/34392 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/34490 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/34490 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/34706 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/34706 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/34790 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/34790 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-17.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-17.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-256788-1 No Types Assigned http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-256788-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html No Types Assigned http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/905281 US Government Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/905281 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0376.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0376.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33751 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33751 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021739 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021739 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Calendar.20090219 No Types Assigned http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Calendar.20090219 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-021212-5523-99&tabid=2 No Types Assigned http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-021212-5523-99&tabid=2 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-051A.html US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-051A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0472 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0472 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1019 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1019 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48825 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48825 VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5697 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5697 Tool Signature
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8090 No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8090 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8099 No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8099 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.0.5c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:reader:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:reader:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0 up to (including) 7.1.1 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0 up to (including) 8.1.4 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0 up to (including) 7.1.1 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0 up to (including) 8.1.4 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8099 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5697 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8090 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8099 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8090 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5697 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48825 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48825 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 23, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 9.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

90.80 }} -0.20%

score

0.99611

percentile