Adobe Flash Player prior 9.0.114.0 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player before 10.2.152.26 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted parameters to an unspecified ActionScript method that cause a parameter to be used as an object pointer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0560, CVE-2011-0561, CVE-2011-0571, CVE-2011-0572, CVE-2011-0573, CVE-2011-0574, CVE-2011-0578, CVE-2011-0607, and CVE-2011-0608.

The weakness was presented 02/10/2011 with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is available at adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-0559. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/16/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51924 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.0.1 / 9.4.2 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-03)), 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 165553 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update acroread (SUSE-SA:2011:011)).

Upgrading to version 9.0.114.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 21438. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10800.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (51924), SecurityFocus (BID 46186†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29684†). See VDB-4299, VDB-56469, VDB-56467 and VDB-56466 for similar entries.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 51924
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.0.1 / 9.4.2 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-03)
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OpenVAS ID: 68944
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 9.0.114.0

Snort ID: 21438
Snort Message: EXPLOIT-KIT Blackhole exploit kit JavaScript carat string splitting with hostile applet
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01/20/2011 🔍
02/08/2011 +19 days 🔍
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02/09/2011 +1 days 🔍
02/10/2011 +1 days 🔍
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03/20/2015 +1499 days 🔍
10/16/2021 +2402 days 🔍

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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0206
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0559 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 46186 - Adobe Flash Player CVE-2011-0559 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 43267
Vulnerability Center: 29684 - [APSB11-02] Adobe Flash Player 10-10.1.102.64 Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2011-0559), Medium

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Created: 03/20/2015 04:16 PM
Updated: 10/16/2021 12:14 PM
Changes: 03/20/2015 04:16 PM (66), 04/03/2017 06:11 PM (11), 10/16/2021 12:06 PM (5), 10/16/2021 12:14 PM (1)
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