# 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 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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2009-4324
- CVSS: 7.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-06-08; CISA due date 2022-06-22
- EPSS: 81.88% (percentile 99.7)
- Public exploit code: 3 on Exploit-DB · 2 Metasploit modules (first 2009-12-23)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-04)
- Weakness: CWE-416
- Published: 2009-12-15

## Affected

- adobe:acrobat
- adobe:acrobat_reader
- suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo
- opensuse:opensuse
- suse:linux_enterprise

## References

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

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