CVE-2009-4324
Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-06-08 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.
- Published2009-12-15
- Fixed in9.3 · 8.2
- WeaknessCWE-416
Am I affected?
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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.
Timeline
dates in UTCObserved activity
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- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2009-4324?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.x | ≥ 9.0, < 9.3 | 9.3 | NVD |
| 8.x | ≥ 8.0, < 8.2 | 8.2 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.x | ≥ 9.0, < 9.3 | 9.3 | NVD |
| 8.x | ≥ 8.0, < 8.2 | 8.2 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.1 | = 11.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 11.2 | = 11.2 | no fix published | NVD |
2 more products in the sources.
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update Adobe acrobat to 9.3 · 8.2
- CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-06-22
Advisories and patches
- blogs.adobe.comVendor Advisory
- secunia.comVendor Advisory
- secunia.comVendor Advisory
- secunia.comVendor Advisory
- www.adobe.comVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
- Date Added
- 2022-06-08
- Patch Due Date
- 2022-06-22
- Ransomware Use
- Unknown
- Required Action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Sources
- CISA KEVKEV entry2022-06-08
- GCVEexploitation2022-06-08
- CISA-ADPSSVC decisionactive2025-02-04
- OpenCVESSVC decisionactive—
- CISA-ADPCVSS 3.17.82025-02-04
- NVDCVSS 3.17.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.09.3read 2026-10-23
- CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-4162025-02-04
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-416read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score81.9 %read 2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2009-12-15
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-16
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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