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CVE-2009-3953

97
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3953 is a critical vulnerability in the U3D implementation of Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted PDF documents containing malformed U3D data. This vulnerability, stemming from an array boundary issue in CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration, carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks requiring user interaction. It has been actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available in Metasploit, yet it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0, < 7.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0, < 8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.0, < 9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
83.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Jun 8, 2022
Metasploit: Adobe U3D CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration Array Overrun · Oct 13, 2009
ExploitDB: EDB-16622 · Sep 25, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8386 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: acroread-0:9.3-3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: acroread-0:9.3-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:9.3-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-3953Critical

acroread: multiple code execution flaws (APSB10-02)

Jan 12, 2010

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
osvdb.org / 61690
Broken Link
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
secunia.com / advisories/38138
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/38215
Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/55551
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8242
Broken Link
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html
Not ApplicablePatchVendor Advisory
metasploit.com / modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_u3d_meshdecl
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/37758
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0103
Broken LinkVendor Advisory