CVE-2009-4324

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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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.92864

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Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
SSVC exploitation status: active
EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
EPSS percentile: top 0% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules7 YARA rules0

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Required Remediation

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Weakness Classification

CWE-416Use After Free

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Affected Products & Versions

adobe acrobat>= 8.0 and < 8.2
adobe acrobat>= 9.0 and < 9.3
adobe acrobat reader>= 8.0 and < 8.2
adobe acrobat reader>= 9.0 and < 9.3
suse linux enterprise debuginfoall versions
opensuseall versions
suse linux enterpriseall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

localAdobe - 'Doc.media.newPlayer' Use-After-Free (Metasploit) (2)verified
localAdobe - 'Doc.media.newPlayer' Use-After-Free (Metasploit) (1)verified
localAdobe Reader / Acrobat - '.PDF' File Overflowverified
poccontagiodump.blogspot.com · virustotal-httpwww.htmlcontagiodump.blogspot.com
pocwww.metasploit.com · adobe_media_newplayer.rbwww.metasploit.com

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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

et-openET WEB_CLIENT Possible Adobe Multimedia Doc.media.newPlayer Memory Corruption Attemptattempted-user

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

productcriticalHackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution

productcriticalWindows Credential Editor Registry

producthighOpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication

producthighWindows LAPS Credential Dump From Entra ID

producthighTamper Windows Defender - PSClassic

producthighTamper Windows Defender Remove-MpPreference - ScriptBlockLogging

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producthighTamper Windows Defender - ScriptBlockLogging

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Scoring & Timeline

7.8

HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · psirt@adobe.com

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD15 Dec 2009 · 02:30 AM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment

Exploitation

active

Automatable

Technical impact

total

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Vendor Advisories

cisaKEV-CVE-2009-4324
rhsaRHSA-2010:0060Critical
rhsaRHSA-2010:0038Critical
rhsaRHSA-2010:0037Critical

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.htmlBroken LinkVendor Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://osvdb.org/60980Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/37690Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/38138Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/38215Broken LinkVendor Advisory

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http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.htmlNot Applicable

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/508357Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.htmlBroken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214Broken Link

http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-presentBroken Link

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103Broken Link

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547799Issue Tracking

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54747Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6795Broken Link

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-4324US Government Resource

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