CVE-2009-4324
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · Use-after-free · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
7.8CVSS HIGH exploited
Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
Added to KEV 2022-06-08. US federal agencies must patch by 2022-06-22.
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)82%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37690Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38138Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38215Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.htmlAdvisory
- http://osvdb.org/60980
- http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.htmlAdvisory