CVE-2008-4817
Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—
The Download Manager in Adobe Acrobat Professional and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that calls an AcroJS function with a long string argument, triggering heap corruption.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Base score: 9.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 8.91%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 95
- Score date: 10/11/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- CWE-20
References
- http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=756
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/49541
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32700
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098
- http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=756
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/49541
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32700
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098
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