Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.16.0 input validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.16.0 (Multimedia Player Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Excel allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary javascript and redirect users to arbitrary sites via an Excel spreadsheet with an embedded Shockwave Flash Player ActiveX Object, which is automatically executed when the user opens the spreadsheet.

The bug was discovered 05/03/2006. The weakness was presented 09/12/2006 by Stuart Pearson (ERRor) with Computer Terrorism UK Ltd (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-3014 since 06/13/2006. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 49 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22056 (Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB06-11)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115409 (Adobe Flash Player Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSB06-11) (MS06-069)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at adobe.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 7025. In this case the pattern n|DB 7C D2|m|AE CF 11 96 B8|DEST|00 00| is used for detection.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27312) and Tenable (22056). See 2361, 2524, 2525 and 31315 for similar entries.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 22056
Nessus Name: Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB06-11)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: adobe.com

Snort ID: 7025
Snort Message: WEB-CLIENT excel url unicode overflow attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Stuart Pearson (ERRor)
Organization: Computer Terrorism UK Ltd
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3014 (🔍)
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X-Force: 27312 - Microsoft Excel embedded Shockwave Flash Object code execution, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1016344
SecurityFocus: 19980 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22882 - Microsoft Windows Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27507 - Microsoft Excel Embedded Shockwave Flash Object Arbitrary Javascript Execution
Vupen: ADV-2006-4507

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Created: 09/15/2006 11:41
Updated: 04/28/2019 20:24
Changes: 09/15/2006 11:41 (97), 04/28/2019 20:24 (2)
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