CVE-2009-3953 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Universal 3D Remote Code Execution

What is CVE-2009-3953?

CVE-2009-3953 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 13 Jan 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The U3D implementation in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, and 7.x before 7.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed U3D data in a PDF document, related to a CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration "array boundary issue," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2994.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3953?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Adobe Acrobat, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise, Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3953?

Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 22 Jun 2022.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2009-3953 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2009-3953 in the wild since at least 8 Jun 2022.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat

• CVE-2021-28550 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2021-21017 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0546 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Sandbox Bypass Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0496 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-3346 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8

All Adobe Acrobat vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-q4f6-24ph-r6rm.