Adobe Reader and Acrobat 'newplayer()' JavaScript Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-4324
Advisory Date: DEC 17, 2009
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.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1004008
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1004008 - Adobe Reader And Acrobat 'newplayer()' JavaScript Method Code Execution
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Adobe Acrobat 6.0
- Adobe Acrobat 6.0.1
- Adobe Acrobat 6.0.2
- Adobe Acrobat 6.0.3
- Adobe Acrobat 6.0.4
- Adobe Acrobat 6.0.5
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.1
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.2
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.3
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.4
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.5
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.6
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.7
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.8
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0.9
- Adobe Acrobat 8.0.0
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1.2
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0.5
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0.5a
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0.5c
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.5
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.10
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.11
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.6
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.7
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.9
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.2
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.3
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.4
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.5
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.2
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.3
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.4
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.5
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.6
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.7
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.8
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.9
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.2
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