CVE-2009-3960

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-07. Federal remediation due 2022-09-07.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

90.01% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-06.

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.

Published

2010-02-15 18:00Z16 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-06 03:55Z29 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2009-11-16

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

afa1429833b089c3e80b3d373cd809221ba9670004e50b057bc3e24794f4ee07

• www.securityfocus.com38197http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38197vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• securitytracker.com1023584http://securitytracker.com/id?1023584vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.osvdb.org62292http://www.osvdb.org/62292vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
• secunia.com38543http://secunia.com/advisories/38543third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.exploit-db.com41855https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41855/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-05.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-3960government-resource