National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-4324

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA10-013A

Name: TA10-013A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#508357

Name: VU#508357

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/508357

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: XF

Name: acro-reader-unspecifed-code-execution(54747)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/54747

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0103

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3518

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-present

Hyperlink:http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-present

External Source: MISC

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

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

External Source: BID

Name: 37331

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2010:0060

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rb

Hyperlink:http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rb

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 38215

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/38215

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 38138

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/38138

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37690

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37690

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6795

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6795

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 60980

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/60980

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2010:008

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html

Hyperlink:http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6795

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6795