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CVE-2009-2991

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2991 describes an unspecified vulnerability within the Mozilla plug-in for Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 8.x (prior to 8.1.7), and potentially 7.x (prior to 7.1.4) and 9.x (prior to 9.2). This critical flaw could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it represents a high-severity risk, indicating network-based attacks with medium complexity leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
7.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0760 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-0:8.1.7-1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.7-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.7-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2991Critical

acroread: Multiple arbitrary code execution fixes in 8.1.7 (APSB09-15)

Oct 13, 2009

References

securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5557
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/36638
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html
PatchUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2898
PatchVendor Advisory