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

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Urgent

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

CISA KEV · Jun 8, 2022 Metasploit modules · 1 Exploit-DB · 1

How the score was calculated

Confirmed exploitation (CISA KEV)+35
Public exploit/PoC (metasploit, exploitdb)+20
EPSS 83.2% (30-day exploitation probability)+15
Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Confirmed

CISA KEV, listed Jun 8, 2022

EPSS FIRST

83.22%

ahead of 100% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

Adobe

Acrobat and 3 more

CVSS base

8.8

High · 4 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

Active

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

No

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

Documented patch — www.adobe.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

CISA required action CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal deadline: Jun 22, 2022 — passed 1576 day(s) ago

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Adobe Acrobat, Opensuse Opensuse, SUSE Linux Enterprise…).
Treat as emergency remediation: the CVE is in CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
EPSS ahead of 100% of scored CVEs: prioritize it in the patch queue.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (memory corruption), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Adobe	Acrobat	≥ 7.0 and < 7.1.4≥ 8.0 and < 8.2≥ 9.0 and < 9.3	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Opensuse	Opensuse	version 11.1version 11.2	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
SUSE	Linux Enterprise	version 10.0-sp2version 10.0-sp3	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
SUSE	Linux Enterprise Debuginfo	version 11	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
8.8	CVSS 3.1	High	2.8	5.9	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
8.8	CVSS 3.1	High	2.8	5.9	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 via NIST National Vulnerability Database
8.8	CVSS 3.1	High	—	—	GitHub, Inc. via GitHub Security Advisories
8.8	CVSS 3.1	High	—	—	CISA-ADP via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
10.0	CVSS 2.0	High	10.0	10.0	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

Other CVEs with this weakness →

CISA KEV details CISA

CISA lists a CVE once it has evidence of exploitation against real targets.

Listed

Jun 8, 2022

Federal deadline

Jun 22, 2022

passed 1576 day(s) ago

Ransomware use

Unknown

CISA records ransomware use only for campaigns it has confirmed, so “Unknown” means unrecorded, not ruled out. The deadline binds US federal agencies; for everyone else it is a reference date.

Public exploits, PoCs and detection templates

Public code that demonstrates or tests the flaw raises the odds of mass exploitation — and Nuclei templates help find vulnerable assets in your environment.

Metasploit modules

Adobe U3D CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration Array Overrun good Oct 13, 2009

Exploit-DB

Adobe - U3D CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration Array Overrun (Metasploit) (2) verified Sep 25, 2010

Warning: public PoCs are sometimes disguised malware. Use them only for authorized testing in an isolated environment. This portal does not host exploit code — it only points to the sources.

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 83.22%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
Correlate service crashes/restarts with inbound traffic; repeated crashes may indicate attempts.
Hunt retroactively in logs from before Jun 8, 2022 (KEV listing): exploitation may have started earlier.

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSendpoint telemetry (EDR)crash dumps

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
Fix documented
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Affected products added · adobe/acrobat, suse/linux enterprise debuginfo, opensuse/opensuse, suse/linux enterprise
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVSS changed · 8.8
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Added to CISA KEV (detected)
Oct 13, 2026 · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
2022
Added to CISA KEV catalog
Jun 7, 2022 · CISA
2010
CVE published
Jan 13, 2010 · adobe

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

2× References added · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026
1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

17 on the record

www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, NIST National Vulnerability Database
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html
Not Applicable, Patch, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource, NIST National Vulnerability Database
www.securitytracker.com/id
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, NIST National Vulnerability Database
secunia.com/advisories/38215
Broken Link, third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, NIST National Vulnerability Database
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55551
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, NIST National Vulnerability Database
www.securityfocus.com/bid/37758
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, NIST National Vulnerability Database
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
secunia.com/advisories/38138
Broken Link, third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, NIST National Vulnerability Database
www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_u3d_meshdecl
Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8242
Broken Link, vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, NIST National Vulnerability Database
osvdb.org/61690
Broken Link, vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, NIST National Vulnerability Database
github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4f6-24ph-r6rm
GitHub Security Advisories
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource, third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html
Broken Link, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3953
GitHub Security Advisories
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Adobe
every CVE for this vendor

2022-06
what else CISA listed that month

Memory corruption
same class

CWE-787
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

High CVE-2026-48373 Acrobat Reader | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) Jul 17, 2026
High CVE-2026-48294 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Adobe Acrobat Jun 17, 2026
High CVE-2026-47965 Acrobat Reader | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) Jun 12, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-47961 Acrobat Reader | Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) Jun 9, 2026
High CVE-2026-47955 Acrobat Reader | Use After Free (CWE-416) Jun 9, 2026
High CVE-2026-47959 Acrobat Reader | Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) Jun 9, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2009-3953 is "Adobe Acrobat and Reader Universal 3D Remote Code Execution Vulnerability", rated High. It affects Acrobat (Adobe); versions are in the scope table. It is in CISA KEV: there is evidence of real-world exploitation. CVSS 8.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 83.22% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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