Adobe Flash Player prior 9.0.114.0 dwmapi.dll memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality in the library dwmapi.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.289.0 and 10.x before 10.1.102.64 on Windows allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll that is located in the same folder as a file that is processed by Flash Player.

The weakness was presented 10/19/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-3976 since 10/14/2010. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50613 (Adobe Acrobat 9.x < 9.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-28)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118667 (Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB10-26)).

Upgrading to version 9.0.114.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (50613), SecurityFocus (BID 44671†), Secunia (SA43026†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28071†). See VDB-4211, VDB-4209, VDB-4210 and VDB-55381 for similar entries.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 50613
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat 9.x < 9.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-28)
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OpenVAS ID: 801465
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Untrusted search path vulnerability (windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 9.0.114.0

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03/19/2015 +1515 days 🔍
09/27/2021 +2384 days 🔍

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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
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CVE: CVE-2010-3976 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 44671 - Adobe Flash Player DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 43026 - Gentoo update for adobe-flash, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 28071 - [APSB10-26] Adobe Flash Player 10.1.82.76 Remote Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-2903

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Created: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM
Updated: 09/27/2021 11:28 AM
Changes: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM (64), 03/08/2017 11:57 PM (13), 09/27/2021 11:28 AM (2)
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