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CVE-2009-1597

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2009-05-11 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Mozilla Firefox executes DOM calls in response to a javascript: URI in the target attribute of a submit element within a form contained in an inline PDF file, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended Adobe Acrobat JavaScript restrictions on accessing the document object, as demonstrated by a web site that permits PDF uploads by untrusted users, and therefore has a shared document.domain between the web site and this javascript: URI. NOTE: the researcher reports that Adobe's position is "a PDF file is active content."

Affected Platforms

Mozilla FirefoxAdobe Acrobat Reader

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References