Memory corruption in Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2009-3460

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Memory corruption in Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2009-3460

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU2671
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-3460
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe Acrobat

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling malformed documents. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted .pdf file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

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