{"cve":"CVE-2009-1597","nvd":{"published":"2009-05-11T15:30:00.437","modified":"2026-06-16T23:07:36.547","status":"Modified","description":"Mozilla Firefox executes DOM calls in response to a javascript: URI in the target attribute of a submit element within a form contained in an inline PDF file, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended Adobe Acrobat JavaScript restrictions on accessing the document object, as demonstrated by a web site that permits PDF uploads by untrusted users, and therefore has a shared document.domain between the web site and this javascript: URI.  NOTE: the researcher reports that Adobe's position is \"a PDF file is active content.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://secniche.org/papers/SNS_09_03_PDF_Silent_Form_Re_Purp_Attack.pdf","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503183/100/0/threaded","http://secniche.org/papers/SNS_09_03_PDF_Silent_Form_Re_Purp_Attack.pdf","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503183/100/0/threaded"],"products":["mozilla:firefox"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:07.895733559+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-1597","score":0.01736,"percentile":0.77678,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}