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CVE-2009-2998

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2998 is a critical input validation vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7.x prior to 7.1.4, 8.x prior to 8.1.7, and 9.x prior to 9.2. This flaw could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it represents a high-severity network-based attack with medium complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential interest among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
10.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1047 is in the 76th 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-0:8.1.7-1
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-2009-2998Critical

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%3A6418
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