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CVE-2009-3956

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3956 describes a critical script injection vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 8.x and 9.x on Windows and Mac OS X, stemming from the default disabled state of the Enhanced Security feature. This flaw, demonstrated via Acrobat Forms Data Format (FDF) behavior, allows for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks with user assistance. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it presents a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) through a low-complexity network attack requiring no authentication. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0773 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 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-2009-3956Moderate

acroread: script injection vulnerability (APSB10-02)

Jan 12, 2010

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/38138
secunia.com / advisories/38215
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/55554
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8327
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html
PatchVendor Advisory
packetstormsecurity.org / 1001-exploits/SS-2010-001.txt
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html
securityfocus.com / bid/37763
securitytracker.com / id
stratsec.net / files/SS-2010-001_Stratsec_Acrobat_Script_Injection_Security_Advisory_v1.0.pdf
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0103