CVE-2009-4324: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability
High · CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 81.9%, 100th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: adobe
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Doc.media.newPlayer method in Multimedia.api in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file using ZLib compressed streams, as exploited in the wild in December 2009.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Adobe: Acrobat and Reader
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.html (opens in new tab)
- contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html (opens in new tab)
- osvdb.org/60980 (opens in new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (opens in new tab)
- secunia.com/advisories/37690 (opens in new tab)
- secunia.com/advisories/38138 (opens in new tab)
- secunia.com/advisories/38215 (opens in new tab)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54747 (opens in new tab)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6795 (opens in new tab)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html (opens in new tab)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html (opens in new tab)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/508357 (opens in new tab)
- www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/ex… (opens in new tab)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331 (opens in new tab)
- www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214 (opens in new tab)
- www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-present (opens in new tab)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html (opens in new tab)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518 (opens in new tab)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)