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CVE-2009-1855

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1855 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7, 8, and 9, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted PDF files containing malformed U3D model data. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a high potential for remote code execution with medium attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently identified, and community discussion is minimal, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100 suggests significant inherent danger.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1243 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.1 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-0:8.1.6-1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.6-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.6-2.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-1855Critical

acroread: multiple security fixes in version 8.1.6 (APSB09-07)

Jun 9, 2009

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
secunia.com / advisories/34580
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35496
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35655
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35685
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35734
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200907-06.xml
securitytracker.com / id
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb09-07.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1109.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/504229/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/35274
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/35282
Patch
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-161A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1547
PatchVendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-09-042