CVE-2008-5331: Adobe Acrobat

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat: version 9 only; version 9.0 only

Published 2008-12-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.