{"id":"CVE-2009-0836","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-0836","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:48:05.700Z","title":"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 attackers to execute arbitrary programs and have…","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 attackers to execute arbitrary programs and have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by the \"Open/Execute a file\" action.","published":"2009-03-10T20:30:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:05:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["foxitsoftware/reader"],"epss":{"score":0.42884,"percentile":0.98709,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-17","score":0.42884,"percentile":0.98706}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 42.9%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/03/remote-code-execution-in-pdf-still.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006079.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34036","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.coresecurity.com/content/foxit-reader-vulnerabilities","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security.htm#bypass","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501623/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34035","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021824","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0634","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/03/remote-code-execution-in-pdf-still.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006079.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34036","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.coresecurity.com/content/foxit-reader-vulnerabilities","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security.htm#bypass","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501623/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34035","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021824","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0634","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0836","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}