HIGH
acroread: certificate compromise (social engineering attack) fixed in 8.1.7 (APSB09-15)
Published Oct 19, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.76%
Description
An unspecified certificate in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 might allow remote attackers to conduct a "social engineering attack" via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- ≤ 9.1.3
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.2
- 7.0.3
- 7.0.4
- 7.0.5
- 7.0.6
- 7.0.7
- 7.0.8
- 7.0.9
- 7.1.0
- 7.1.1
- 7.1.3
- 8.0
- 8.1
- 8.1.1
- 8.1.2
- 8.1.3
- 8.1.4
- 8.1.6
- 9.0
- 9.1.1
- 9.1.2
Configuration 2
OR
- ≤ 9.1.3
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.2
- 7.0.3
- 7.0.4
- 7.0.5
- 7.0.6
- 7.0.7
- 7.0.8
- 7.0.9
- 7.1.0
- 7.1.1
- 7.1.3
- 8.0
- 8.1
- 8.1.1
- 8.1.2
- 8.1.3
- 8.1.4
- 8.1.5
- 8.1.6
- 9.0
- 9.1
- 9.1.1
- 9.1.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.76% 0.02757
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02757
Score over time
2022-2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 2.76% (0.02757) | 85.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.73% (0.02734) | 84.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.02% (0.01021) | 75.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.53% (0.02526) | 75.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.05% (0.01048) | 76.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 84.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 7, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 82.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.88% (0.00877) | 79.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2982 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528672 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2982
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6365 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2982
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2982 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528672 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2982 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6365 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2982 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 19, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 27, 2009
Link CVE-2009-2982
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a