CVE-2009-1862: Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: For Adobe Acrobat and Reader, apply updates per vendor instructions. For Adobe Flash Player, the impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2, and Adobe Flash Player 9.x through 9.0.159.0 and 10.x through 10.0.22.87, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via (1) a crafted Flash application in a .pdf file or (2) a crafted .swf file, related to authplay.dll, as exploited in the wild in July 2009.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Adobe: Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/07/potential_adobe_reader_and_fla.html (opens in new tab)
- bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-1265 (opens in new tab)
- isc.sans.org/diary.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00003.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html (opens in new tab)
- news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10293389-245.html (opens in new tab)
- secunia.com/advisories/36193 (opens in new tab)
- secunia.com/advisories/36374 (opens in new tab)
- secunia.com/advisories/36701 (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-04.xml (opens in new tab)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (opens in new tab)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3864 (opens in new tab)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 (opens in new tab)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-03.html (opens in new tab)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html (opens in new tab)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html (opens in new tab)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259425 (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35759 (opens in new tab)
- www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp (opens in new tab)
- www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/next-generation-flash-vulnerability (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)