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CVE-2009-4324 kev in the critical feed json

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…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2009-4292

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-06-08
epss
81.9%
EPSS 81.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
5
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

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.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • adobe acrobat 8.2, 9.3
  • adobe acrobat_reader 8.2, 9.3
  • acroread-uninstall RHEL 3 EXTRAS 9.3-3
  • acroread RHEL 4 EXTRAS 9.3-1.el4
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 4 EXTRAS 9.3-1.el4
  • acroread RHEL 5 EXTRAS 9.3-1.el5
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 9.3-1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0060RHSA-2010:0038RHSA-2010:0037

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-4324 updated cvss 6.8

acroread: media.newplayer JavaScript API code execution vulnerability (APSB10-02)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras acroread-uninstall 9.3-3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0060
  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras acroread 9.3-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.3-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0038
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras acroread-uninstall 9.3-3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0060
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras acroread 9.3-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.3-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0038
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 9.3-1.el5, acroread-plugin 9.3-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0037
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras acroread-uninstall 9.3-3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0060
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras acroread 9.3-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.3-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0038
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 9.3-1.el5, acroread-plugin 9.3-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0037
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras acroread-uninstall 9.3-3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0060
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras acroread 9.3-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.3-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0038

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/adobe_media_newplayer)
  2. Published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4y ago
Patch by
2022-06-22 (4y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Adobe, Acrobat and Reader
CISA name
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability

ATT&CK techniques

How it is exploited and what it leads to, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

81.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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