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TI-2009-01774 Aliases CVE-2009-1862GHSA-wx6p-35hf-vhhj

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2, and Adobe Flash…

Priority CRITICAL 93Exploited in the wildCWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2022-06-08CISA due date 2022-06-22
EPSS 0.21198 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Active
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0 – 9.1.2VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0 – 9.1.2VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0 – 9.0.159.0; 10.0 – 10.0.22.87VulnerableAdobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 – 9.1.2 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 – 9.1.2 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 – 9.0.159.0; 10.0 – 10.0.22.87 Vulnerable ·Adobe

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2009:1188 Released 2009-07-31 · Red Hat rating Critical
    flash-plugin security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin-10.0.32.18-2.el5.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin-10.0.32.18-2.el5.i386
  • RHSA-2009:1189 Released 2009-07-31 · Red Hat rating Critical
    flash-plugin security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.246.0-2.el3.with.oss.i386
    • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.246.0-2.el4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.246.0-2.el3.with.oss.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.246.0-2.el4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.246.0-2.el3.with.oss.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.246.0-2.el4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.246.0-2.el3.with.oss.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.246.0-2.el4.i386

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Critical. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2009:1189
Red Hat Desktop version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2009:1189
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2009:1189
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2009:1189
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)Fixed RHSA-2009:1188
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2009:1189
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2009:1189
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)Fixed RHSA-2009:1188
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2009:1189
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2009:1189

Timeline

  1. 2022-06-08 Added to CISA KEV
  2. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-1862
  3. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wx6p-35hf-vhhj

References

Advisory 9

Other 7

  • TI-2014-00524 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.11 and 11.x before 11.0.08 on Windows allow… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-02915 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.5, 10.x before 10.1.7, and 11.x before 11.0.03… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-02389 Integer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.5, 10.x before 10.1.7, and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2011-02156 Unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.1 and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-09626 Adobe Acrobat Reader use after free vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-04123 Acrobat Reader DC Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Could Lead To Arbitrary Code Execution KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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