Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.2 Doc.media.newPlayer resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as very critical has been identified in Adobe Acrobat Reader. This affects the function Doc.media.newPlayer. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2009-4324. Moreover, an exploit is present. Disabling the affected component is suggested.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software) and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects the function Doc.media.newPlayer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 12/15/2009 with 0-Day (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-4324 since 12/14/2009. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/04/2025).

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as attacked. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43182 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116768 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerability (APSA09-07, APSB10-02)). This issue was added on 06/08/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 06/22/2022:

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Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at metasploit.com. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9356.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54747), Exploit-DB (10618), Zero-Day.cz (162), Tenable (43182) and SecurityFocus (BID 37331†). The entries VDB-51531, VDB-51530, VDB-51529 and VDB-51528 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 43182
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OpenVAS ID: 801095
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader/Acrobat Multimeda Doc.media.newPlayer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Linux)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/adobe_reader_media_newplayer
Saint Name: Adobe Reader media.newPlayer Use-After-Free Code Execution

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MetaSploit ID: adobe_media_newplayer.rb
MetaSploit Name: Adobe Doc.media.newPlayer Use After Free Vulnerability
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Recommended: Disable
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Patch: metasploit.com
Suricata ID: 2010495
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Organization: 0-Day
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-4324 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4324
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4072

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X-Force: 54747 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader unspecified code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 37331 - Adobe Reader and Acrobat 'newplayer()' JavaScript Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 37690 - Adobe Reader/Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 60980 - Adobe Reader / Acrobat Doc.media.newPlayer Use-After-Free Arbitrary Code Execution
Vulnerability Center: 24406 - [APSA09-07, APSB10-02] Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.0 - 9.2 Doc.media.newPlayer Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-3518

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/16/2009 11:26
Updated: 02/04/2025 23:22
Changes: 12/16/2009 11:26 (109), 10/17/2018 09:01 (5), 04/26/2024 19:38 (29), 06/28/2024 21:08 (12), 07/18/2024 14:52 (2), 09/09/2024 22:30 (2), 01/25/2025 22:24 (1), 02/04/2025 23:22 (11)
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