CVE-2009-1862
Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-06-08 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.
- Published2009-07-23
- WeaknessCWE-787
Am I affected?
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Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2, and Adobe Flash Player 9.x through 9.0.159.0 and 10.x through 10.0.22.87, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via (1) a crafted Flash application in a .pdf file or (2) a crafted .swf file, related to authplay.dll, as exploited in the wild in July 2009.
Timeline
dates in UTCObserved activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2009-1862?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2009-1862?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | ≥ 9.0, ≤ 9.0.159.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 10.0 | ≥ 10.0, ≤ 10.0.22.87 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.x | ≥ 9.0, ≤ 9.1.2 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.x | ≥ 9.0, ≤ 9.1.2 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- CISA’s required action: For Adobe Acrobat and Reader, apply updates per vendor instructions. For Adobe Flash Player, the impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.due 2022-06-22
Advisories and patches
- blogs.adobe.comVendor Advisory
- www.adobe.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
- Date Added
- 2022-06-08
- Patch Due Date
- 2022-06-22
- Ransomware Use
- Unknown
- Required Action
- For Adobe Acrobat and Reader, apply updates per vendor instructions. For Adobe Flash Player, the impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Sources
- CISA KEVKEV entry2022-06-08
- GCVEexploitation2022-06-08
- CISA-ADPSSVC decisionactive2025-02-10
- OpenCVESSVC decisionactive—
- CISA-ADPCVSS 3.17.82025-02-10
- NVDCVSS 3.17.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.09.3read 2026-10-23
- CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-7872025-02-10
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-787read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score21.2 %read 2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2009-07-23
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-16
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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