CVE-2009-0927
Adobe Reader and Acrobat: Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
As of , CVE-2009-0927 in Adobe Reader and Acrobat is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 25 March 2022
- US federal deadline
- 15 April 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.97Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.87 on 25 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 2 Metasploit modules and 4 Exploit-DB entries (4 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
CISA's description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9 before 9.1, 8 before 8.1.3 , and 7 before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the getIcon method of a Collab object, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0658.
The CVE record's description, from mitre
- CVE published
- 19 March 2009
- Assigned by
- mitre
- CVSS
- 8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-121
- Stack-based Buffer Overflow
- CWE-20
- Improper Input Validation
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 8595).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 9579).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 16606).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 16681).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Adobe Collab.getIcon() Buffer Overflowexploit module, rank good
- Metasploit: Adobe Collab.getIcon() Buffer Overflowexploit module, rank good
- Exploit-DB: Adobe - 'Collab.getIcon()' Local Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2)EDB-ID 16681, verified by Exploit-DB, 25 September 2010
- Exploit-DB: Adobe - 'Collab.getIcon()' Local Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (1)EDB-ID 16606, verified by Exploit-DB, 30 April 2010
- Exploit-DB: Adobe Acrobat/Reader < 7.1.1/8.1.3/9.1 - Collab getIcon UniversalEDB-ID 9579, verified by Exploit-DB, 3 September 2009
- Exploit-DB: Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 < 9.0 - 'getIcon()' Memory CorruptionEDB-ID 8595, verified by Exploit-DB, 4 May 2009
Reader and Acrobat: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2011-2462Universal 3D Memory Corruption | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.89; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.89 | ||
| CVE-2010-0188Arbitrary Code Execution | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.88; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.88 | ||
| CVE-2013-3346Memory Corruption | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.79; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.79 | ||
| CVE-2013-0640Memory Corruption | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekEPSS 0.87; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.87 | ||
| CVE-2013-2729Arbitrary Integer Overflow | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekEPSS 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
| CVE-2014-0496Use-After-Free | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch soon | 0.40 | ||
| CVE-2014-0546Sandbox Bypass | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch soon | 0.22 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org