Denial of service in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2009-2987

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Denial of service in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2009-2987

Published: December 22, 2016 / Updated: January 9, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU2656
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2987
CWE-ID: CWE-141
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS conditions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error in ActiveX control. By persuading a victim to visit a Web page that passes specially crafted arguments, a remote attacker can cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service on the vulnerable system.

Affected software

Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader

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