CVE-2009-4324: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name
- Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- Acrobat and Reader
- Added to the catalog
- 2022-06-08
- Due date for US federal agencies
- 2022-06-22
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
- Catalog version
- 2026.10.30
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.
Links in CISA's notes
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NVD analysis
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2009-12-15T02:30:00.217
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16T23:13:26.803
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
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.
| Metric | Score | Severity | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | [email protected] (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | 9.3 | HIGH | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C | [email protected] (Primary) |
References
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.html (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/60980 (Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37690 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38138 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38215 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html (Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html (Not Applicable)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/508357 (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rb (Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html (Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214 (Broken Link)
- http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-present (Broken Link)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103 (Broken Link)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547799 (Issue Tracking)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54747 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6795 (Broken Link)
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.html (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/60980 (Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37690 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38138 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38215 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html (Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html (Not Applicable)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/508357 (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rb (Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html (Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214 (Broken Link)
- http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-present (Broken Link)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103 (Broken Link)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547799 (Issue Tracking)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54747 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6795 (Broken Link)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-4324 (US Government Resource)
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CVE record
- Assigner
- adobe
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- 2009-12-15T02:00:00.000Z
- Updated
- 2025-10-22T00:05:53.934Z
- Problem types
- n/a
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.
References
- 37331
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.html
- 37690
- 38138
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547799
- 60980
- VU#508357
- acro-reader-unspecifed-code-execution(54747)
- ADV-2009-3518
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rb
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6795
- RHSA-2010:0060
- http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html
- ADV-2010-0103
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html
- http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-present
- http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214
- 38215
- SUSE-SA:2010:008
- TA10-013A
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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)
D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.
CWE-416: Use After Free
- Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
- Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
- Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
- Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)
- Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
- Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)
D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.
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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2009-4324: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability",
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https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2009-4324 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-16T23:13:26.803.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-22T00:05:53.934Z.
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