CVE-2009-3956 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2009-3956

The default configuration of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before...

Vulnerability Description

The default configuration of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, does not enable the Enhanced Security feature, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, related to a "script injection vulnerability," as demonstrated by Acrobat Forms Data Format (FDF) behavior that allows cross-site scripting (XSS) by user-assisted remote attackers.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

acrobat, acrobat reader
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.0, 3.1, 4.0, 4.0.5, 4.0.5a, 4.0.5c, 5.0, 5.0.5, 5.0.6, 5.0.10, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0.6, 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.1.7, 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 3.01, 3.02, 4.5, 5.0.7, 5.0.9, 5.0.11, 5.1

Timeline

Official Publish: January 13th, 2010
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.