CVE-2009-3459
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in October 2009. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 13, 2009, 10:30 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2009-3459 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2009-3459
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2009-3459.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
CVEs and Techniques used PDF as an attack vector.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2009-3459 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2009-3459 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.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/10/adobe_reader_and_acrobat_issue_1.html Added Reference http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7300 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/36983 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007 Added Reference http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html Added Reference http://www.iss.net/threats/348.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36600 Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2851 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53691 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6534 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.1.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 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. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6534 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6534 [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/53691 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53691 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 13, 2009
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-3459
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
89.52 }} -0.27%
score
0.99534
percentile