Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-3953

CISA KEV Active

Title: Adobe Acrobat RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2009-3953

CWE Category CWE-787
Published Date Jan 13, 2010
Modified Date Apr 21, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
90.51%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-3953: The U3D implementation in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, and 7.x before 7.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed U3D data in a PDF document, related to a CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration "array boundary issue," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2994.

Impacted Vendors

A
adobe 1
S
suse 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html http://osvdb.org/61690 http://secunia.com/advisories/38138 http://secunia.com/advisories/38215 http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_u3d_meshdecl http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37758 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023446 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554293 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55551 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8242 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html http://osvdb.org/61690 http://secunia.com/advisories/38138 http://secunia.com/advisories/38215 http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_u3d_meshdecl http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37758 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023446 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554293 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55551 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8242 https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-3953
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
10.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-3953 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16622
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.