CVE-2009-4324
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Published
- Dec 15, 2009
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- adobe
- Evidence observed
- Dec 23, 2009
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.6%
- Model date
- Oct 16, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
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.
Sources
modules/exploits/windows/browser/adobe_media_newplayer.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: Windows($.exploit_windows/browser/adobe_media_newplayer.platform)
- verification: check_not_declared($.exploit_windows/browser/adobe_media_newplayer.check)
modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: Windows($.exploit_windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.platform)
- verification: check_not_declared($.exploit_windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.check)
Ahmed Obied · windows · Dec 23, 2009
Metasploit · windows · Apr 30, 2010
Metasploit · windows · Sep 25, 2010
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