CVE-2008-5331

2008-12-0500:00:00

mitre

www.cve.org

adobe acrobat 9

encryption

vulnerability

brute-force attack

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

64.5%

JSON

Adobe Acrobat 9 uses more efficient encryption than previous versions, which makes it easier for attackers to guess a document’s password via a brute-force attack.

References

blogs.adobe.com/security/2008/12/acrobat_9_and_password_encrypt.html

www.elcomsoft.com/PR/apdfpr_081126_en.pdf

www.securityfocus.com/bid/32610