CVE-2008-4071 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 18.4% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
A certain ActiveX control in Adobe Acrobat 9, when used with Microsoft Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via an src property value with an invalid acroie:// URL.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 18.43% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-09-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| adobe | acrobat |
| microsoft | internet explorer |
| microsoft | windows vista |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Adobe Acrobat 9 - ActiveX Remote Denial of Service | 2008-09-11 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD