CVE-2009-2991

Unspecified vulnerability in the Mozilla plug-in in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.1.7,...

9.3 High

Unspecified vulnerability in the Mozilla plug-in in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x before 7.1.4 and 9.x before 9.2, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Exploit likelihood

7.53%Unchanged since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

Record: CVE-2009-2991
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2009-2991
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2009-2976 No score

Record: EUVD-2009-2976
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8xjp-4c57-jp66 No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the Mozilla plug-in in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.1.7,...

Record: GHSA-8xjp-4c57-jp66
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:3 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 0:8.1.7-1	0:8.1.7-1
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:3 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 0:8.1.7-1	0:8.1.7-1
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 0:8.1.7-1.el4	0:8.1.7-1.el4
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 0:8.1.7-1.el4	0:8.1.7-1.el4
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 0:8.1.7-1.el5	0:8.1.7-1.el5
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 0:8.1.7-1.el5	0:8.1.7-1.el5
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 0:8.1.7-1.el5	0:8.1.7-1.el5
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 0:8.1.7-1.el5	0:8.1.7-1.el5

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2009-2991 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Adobe Acrobat, published October 19, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.53%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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