CVE-2009-4324
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.819 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSadded 2022-06-08remediate by 2022-06-22
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability
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
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.8–9.8
ssvc
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weaknesses
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ATT&CK techniques
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exploits (5)
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- EDB-10618Adobe Reader / Acrobat - '.PDF' File Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-16503Adobe - 'Doc.media.newPlayer' Use-After-Free (Metasploit) (1)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-16623Adobe - 'Doc.media.newPlayer' Use-After-Free (Metasploit) (2)functional · exploit_db
affected products (13)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (43)
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- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/60980enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37690enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38138enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38215enisa_euvd
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.htmlenisa_euvd
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