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.
Published 2009-12-15 02:30:00
Updated 2025-02-13 17:42:36
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Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionExecute code

Products affected by CVE-2009-4324

CVE-2009-4324 is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

CISA vulnerability name:
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability
CISA required action:
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA description:
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file.
Notes:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4324
Added on 2022-06-08 Action due date 2022-06-22

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4324

94.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 99 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2009-4324

  • Adobe Doc.media.newPlayer Use After Free Vulnerability
    Disclosure Date: 2009-12-14
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/windows/browser/adobe_media_newplayer
    This module exploits a use after free vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Professional versions up to and including 9.2. Authors: - unknown - hdm <x@hdm.io> - pusscat <pusscat@metasploit.com> - jduck <jduck@metasploit.com> - jabra
  • Adobe Doc.media.newPlayer Use After Free Vulnerability
    Disclosure Date: 2009-12-14
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer
    This module exploits a use after free vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Professional versions up to and including 9.2. Authors: - unknown - hdm <x@hdm.io> - pusscat <pusscat@metasploit.com> - jduck <jduck@metasploit.com>

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-4324

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
9.3
HIGH AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.6
10.0
NIST
7.8
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.8
5.9
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 2025-02-04
7.8
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.8
5.9
NIST 2024-12-19

CWE ids for CVE-2009-4324

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
  • The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
    Assigned by:
    • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
    • nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2009-4324

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