CVE-2009-4324

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-06-08. Federal remediation due 2022-06-22.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

81.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2009-12-15 02:00Z16 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2009-12-14

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a20a25ed0030de4d1eae24919e2deebd4b891275b3ed1c1cd647f4069c3a7a6c

• www.securityfocus.com37331http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• blogs.adobe.comhttp://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• secunia.com37690http://secunia.com/advisories/37690third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• secunia.com38138http://secunia.com/advisories/38138third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547799x_refsource_CONFIRM
• osvdb.org60980http://osvdb.org/60980vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#508357http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/508357third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comacro-reader-unspecifed-code-execution(54747)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54747vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.vupen.comADV-2009-3518http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• www.metasploit.comhttp://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rbx_refsource_MISC
• www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6795https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6795vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0060http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• contagiodump.blogspot.comhttp://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.vupen.comADV-2010-0103http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.symantec.comhttp://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-presentx_refsource_MISC
• www.shadowserver.orghttp://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214x_refsource_MISC
• secunia.com38215http://secunia.com/advisories/38215third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.us-cert.govTA10-013Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-4324government-resource