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CVE-2009-4324

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...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
December 14, 2009
Published Date
December 15, 2009
Last Updated
February 04, 2025
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Reader and Acrobat
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.
Tags
windows macos cisa metasploit_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.8 - HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

9.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2022-06-08 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331 http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.html http://secunia.com/advisories/37690 http://secunia.com/advisories/38138 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547799 http://osvdb.org/60980 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/508357 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54747 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518 http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rb http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6795 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103 http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-present http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214 http://secunia.com/advisories/38215 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2022-06-08 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:34 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

adobe_media_newplayer

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2009-4324

adobe_media_newplayer

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2009-4324

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Metasploit