Name: Vulnix
Price: 99 USD

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/60980Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37690Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38138Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38215Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
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 Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rbBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.htmlBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB 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 Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518Broken Link, Vendor 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 Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6795Broken Link
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/60980Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37690Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38138Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38215Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
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 Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rbBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.htmlBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB 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 Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518Broken Link, Vendor 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 Advisory, VDB 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

Timeline

Published: Dec 15, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Jun 8, 2022
NVD status: Analyzed