CVE-2009-1597
Mozilla Firefox - Remote Code Execution via Inline PDF Form Submit Element
Title source: llmDescription
Mozilla Firefox executes DOM calls in response to a javascript: URI in the target attribute of a submit element within a form contained in an inline PDF file, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended Adobe Acrobat JavaScript restrictions on accessing the document object, as demonstrated by a web site that permits PDF uploads by untrusted users, and therefore has a shared document.domain between the web site and this javascript: URI. NOTE: the researcher reports that Adobe's position is "a PDF file is active content."
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://secniche.org/papers/SNS_09_03_PDF_Silent_Form_Re_Purp_Attack.pdf
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503183/100/0/threaded
Scores
EPSS
0.0174
EPSS Percentile
75.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (1)
mozilla/firefox
Published
May 11, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026