CVE•Published 2009-10-13•Modified 2026-05-21•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2009-3459Adobe · Acrobat
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
99
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 1% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in October 2009. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Timeline
Published 2009-10-13
Modified 2026-05-21
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2009-3459Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Adobe Acrobat"All exposed Adobe Acrobat instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Acrobat"HTTP body or banner mentions "Acrobat" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2009-3459Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2009-3459Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2009-3459Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2009-3459GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2009-3459" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.