CVE-2009-1862 on CISA KEV

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 applicatio

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

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.

03Notes & references

• sunsolve.sun.com — http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1
• www.kb.cert.org — http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259425
• www.symantec.com — http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-072209…
• lists.apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00003.html
• security.gentoo.org — http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-04.xml
• support.apple.com — http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3864
• isc.sans.org — http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6847
• www.adobe.com — http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
• blogs.adobe.com — http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/07/potential_adobe_reader_and_fla.html
• www.symantec.com — http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/next-generation-flash-vulnerability
• lists.apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
• bugs.adobe.com — http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-1265
• www.adobe.com — http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
• support.apple.com — http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/36193
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
• www.adobe.com — http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-03.html
• news.cnet.com — http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10293389-245.html
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35759

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
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06Detection

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