cve/2009/CVE-2009-1493.md

### [CVE-2009-1493](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1493)
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### Description

The customDictionaryOpen spell method in the JavaScript API in Adobe Reader 9.1, 8.1.4, 7.1.1, and earlier on Linux and UNIX allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that triggers a call to this method with a long string in the second argument.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8570

#### Github
- https://github.com/0xCyberY/CVE-T4PDF
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon