{"cve":"CVE-2009-2993","nvd":{"published":"2009-10-19T22:30:00.577","modified":"2026-06-16T23:10:40.860","status":"Modified","description":"The JavaScript for Acrobat API in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 does not properly implement the (1) Privileged Context and (2) Safe Path restrictions for unspecified JavaScript methods, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via the cPath parameter in a crafted PDF file.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007","http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html","http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/257117","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36664"],"products":["adobe:acrobat","adobe:acrobat_reader"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-2993","score":0.06672,"percentile":0.93893,"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."]}