{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2009-1597", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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.\"" } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "http://secniche.org/papers/SNS_09_03_PDF_Silent_Form_Re_Purp_Attack.pdf", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://secniche.org/papers/SNS_09_03_PDF_Silent_Form_Re_Purp_Attack.pdf" }, { "name": "20090503 [SecNiche WhitePaper ] - PDF Silent HTTP Form Repurposing Attacks", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503183/100/0/threaded" } ] } }