CVE-2008-2992

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.998 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 7 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

99.8% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-03-03remediate by 2022-03-24

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerability

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that calls the util.printf JavaScript function with a crafted format string argument, a related issue to CVE-2008-1104.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.8–9.6

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.19.6criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-119US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

T1204.002Malicious File — This vulnerability is exploited via a maliciously-crafted pdf file.exploitation

exploits (7)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-16504Adobe - 'util.printf()' Local Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (1)functional · exploit_db
EDB-16624Adobe - 'util.printf()' Local Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2)functional · exploit_db
EDB-6994Adobe Reader - 'util.printf()' JavaScript Function Stack Overflow (1)functional · exploit_db
EDB-7006Adobe Reader - 'util.printf()' JavaScript Function Stack Overflow (2)functional · exploit_db
exploit/windows/browser/adobe_utilprintfAdobe util.printf() Buffer Overflowfunctional · metasploit
exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_utilprintfAdobe util.printf() Buffer Overflowfunctional · metasploit

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Acrobat≤ 8.1.2fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Reader≤ 8.1.2fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. openSUSE≤ 10.3fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. openSUSE≤ 11.0fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. openSUSE≤ 10.2fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Solaris≤ 10fstec_bduRU
adobe acrobat≤ 8.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat reader≤ 8.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris= 10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2008-11-04modified 2026-06-16

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references (55)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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