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CVE-2009-4324

CVE-2009-4324HIGH

n/a n/a — Adobe Acrobat and Reader

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    7.8   .8188   99.6   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Dec 14  Reserved by adobe
  Dec 15  Published (CNA: adobe)
  Jun 8   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-06-22

CWE-416 · CNA: adobe · CVSS v3.1 · 22 references · KEV due June 22, 2022

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
December 14, 2009	Reserved	Reserved by adobe
December 15, 2009	Published	Published (CNA: adobe)
June 8, 2022	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-06-22

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-416

References (22)

http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.html [x_refsource_MISC]
http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html [x_refsource_MISC]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
http://osvdb.org/60980 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37690 [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA]
http://secunia.com/advisories/38138 [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA]
http://secunia.com/advisories/38215 [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA]
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/508357 [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN]
http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rb [x_refsource_MISC]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID]
http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214 [x_refsource_MISC]
http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-present [x_refsource_MISC]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547799 [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54747 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6795 [vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-4324 [government-resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2009-4324 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-416

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