CVE-2009-3459

EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

Adobe Acrobat < 9.1.3 - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in October 2009. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Exploits (4)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Metasploit · rubylocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16652
exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Metasploit · rubylocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16546
metasploit WORKING POC GOOD
by unknown, jduck, jabra · rubypocwin
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/adobe_flatedecode_predictor02.rb
metasploit WORKING POC GOOD
by unknown, jduck · rubypocwin
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_flatedecode_predictor02.rb

Scores

EPSS 0.8836
EPSS Percentile 99.5%

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2009-10-13
InTheWild.io 2018-10-30
CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (50)
adobe/acrobat 3.0
adobe/acrobat 3.1
adobe/acrobat 4.0
adobe/acrobat 4.0.5
adobe/acrobat 4.0.5a
adobe/acrobat 4.0.5c
adobe/acrobat 5.0
adobe/acrobat 5.0.5
adobe/acrobat 5.0.6
adobe/acrobat 5.0.10
... and 40 more
Published Oct 13, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026