{
  "id": "CVE-2009-1862",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2009-1862",
  "published": "2009-07-23T20:30:00.233Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-16T23:08:13.467Z",
  "score": 7.8,
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.21198,
  "epss_percentile": 0.97535,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2022-06-08",
    "due": "2022-06-22",
    "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.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1862"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "adobe"
  ],
  "products": [
    "adobe acrobat",
    "adobe acrobat reader",
    "adobe flash player"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-787"
  ],
  "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.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 7.8,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/07/potential_adobe_reader_and_fla.html",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-1265",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6847",
      "tags": [
        "Not Applicable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00003.html",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10293389-245.html",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/36193",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/36374",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/36701",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-04.xml",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3864",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-03.html",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html",
      "tags": [
        "Not Applicable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html",
      "tags": [
        "Not Applicable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259425",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35759",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-072209-2512-99",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/next-generation-flash-vulnerability",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-1862",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1862",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}