# CVE-2009-3068: Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the RoboHelpServer Servlet (robohelp/server) in Adobe RoboHelp Server 8 allows remote attackers to

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2009-09-04 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the RoboHelpServer Servlet (robohelp/server) in Adobe RoboHelp Server 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a Java Archive (.jsp) file during a PUBLISH action, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the robohelp/robo/reserved/web directory under its sessionid subdirectory, as demonstrated by the vd_adobe module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.7 through 8.11.

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## References

- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/09/potential_robohelp_server_8_is.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36245
- http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=69
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36467
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-066
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-14.html
- http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=26
- http://twitter.com/elegerov/statuses/3737725344
- http://twitter.com/elegerov/statuses/3727947465
- http://intevydis.com/vd-list.shtml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506687/100/0/threaded
- http://twitter.com/elegerov/statuses/3737538715
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33209
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16789
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/adobe_robohelper_authbypass.rb

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