Security bypass in Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2009-3461

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Security bypass in Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2009-3461

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU2672
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-3461
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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 bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to insufficient access controls that leads to file extension security controls bypass.

Succesful exploitation of the vulnerability results in file-extension restrictions bypass on the vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2009-3461


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