CVE-2010-1240

highpriority · attend · 73EPSS 0.736 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

10 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

73.6% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, do not restrict the contents of one text field in the Launch File warning dialog, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick users into executing an arbitrary local program that was specified in a PDF document, as demonstrated by a text field that claims that the Open button will enable the user to read an encrypted message.

cvss

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

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

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

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimaryCWE-264USCWE-78US

exploits (10)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_pdf_embedded_exeAdobe PDF Embedded EXE Social Engineeringweaponized · metasploit
exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_pdf_embedded_exe_nojsAdobe PDF Escape EXE Social Engineering (No JavaScript)weaponized · metasploit
EDB-11987Adobe Reader - Escape From '.PDF' Execute Embedded Executablefunctional · exploit_db
EDB-16671Adobe PDF - Embedded EXE Social Engineering (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-16682Adobe PDF - Escape EXE Social Engineering (No JavaScript) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
12345qwert123456/CVE-2010-1240Python tool for CVE-2010-1240 research - generates malicious PDFs exploiting Adobe Reader Launch ActionsPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Acrobat≤ 9.3.3fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Acrobat≤ 8.2.3fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Reader≤ 8.2.3fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Reader≤ 9.3.3fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop≤ 11fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop≤ 11 SP1fstec_bduRU
adobe acrobat reader= 9.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

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 2010-04-05modified 2026-06-16

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references (16)

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