high Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2009-3459Adobe Reader and Acrobat — heap overflow in document parsing
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x, 8.x and 9.x before the October 2009 updates corrupt heap memory while parsing a crafted document (PDF), letting whoever supplied the file run code as the user who opened it.
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THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 8.8/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 87% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2009-10-13
- Added to KEV
- 2026-05-20
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- execution
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1203
- Severity
- high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsThe user must open an attacker-supplied document in a vulnerable Reader or Acrobat build.
Fixed inAdobe Reader and Acrobat 7.1.4, Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.7, Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.2
Behind the card
5 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisoryblogs.adobe.comblogs.adobe.com
- 04Vendor advisorysecunia.comsecunia.com
- 05Vendor advisoryadobe.comadobe.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added | cisa.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.