CVE-2009-1862

high

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.

References

Advisories
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http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259425

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3864

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-04.xml

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00003.html

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-1862

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-03.html

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6847

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-07-23

Updated: 2025-10-22

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.57995