01 Record
CVE-2009-0836
Foxit Reader 2.3 before Build 3902 and 3.0 before Build 1506, including 1120 and 1301, does not require user confirmation before performing dangerous actions defined in a PDF file, which allows remote
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Foxit Reader 2.3 before Build 3902 and 3.0 before Build 1506, including 1120 and 1301, does not require user confirmation before performing dangerous actions defined in a PDF file, which allows remote
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 42.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-03-10 20:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-03-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2b2866c5a549e56c613e82aca38025999f970b36b6ac2763280dffb45f5041e1
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20090309 Foxit Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities (CORE-2009-0218)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501623/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com34036http://secunia.com/advisories/34036
- lists.immunitysec.com[dailydave] 20100402 0day, it may not behttp://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006079.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-0634http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0634
- www.securitytracker.com1021824http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021824
- www.securityfocus.com34035http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34035
- blog.zoller.luhttp://blog.zoller.lu/2009/03/remote-code-execution-in-pdf-still.html
- www.coresecurity.comhttp://www.coresecurity.com/content/foxit-reader-vulnerabilities
- www.foxitsoftware.comhttp://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security.htm#bypass