CVE-2009-4324
HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file.
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Remediation due: 2022-06-22
References
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.html
- http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
- http://osvdb.org/60980
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37690
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38138
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38215
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/508357
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rb
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331
- http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214
- http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-present
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547799
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54747
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6795
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-4324
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