Memory corruption in Adobe Reader - CVE-2009-1493
Published: March 21, 2017 / Updated: September 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6133
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1493
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when processing malicious .pdf files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PDF file that triggers calls to the customDictionaryOpen() JavaScript method with a long string in the second argument, cause memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Adobe Reader
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
How to mitigate CVE-2009-1493
Update Adobe Reader for Linux and UNIX 7.x to version 7.1.2, 8.x to version 8.1.5, 9.x to version 9.1.1.