Adobe Shockwave up to 11.6.5.635 memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Shockwave up to 11.6.5.635 (Multimedia Player Software). This affects some unknown processing. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.6.636 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2043, CVE-2012-2045, CVE-2012-2046, and CVE-2012-2047.

The weakness was shared 08/14/2012 by Will Dormann (suto) as APSB12-17 as confirmed bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-2044 since 04/02/2012. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61536 (Shockwave Player <= 11.6.5.635 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB12-17)), 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 120409 (Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-17)).

Upgrading to version 11.6.6.636 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at get.adobe.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (61536). The entries 5948, 5950, 5951 and 5952 are related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Access: Private
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Nessus ID: 61536
Nessus Name: Shockwave Player <= 11.6.5.635 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB12-17)
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OpenVAS ID: 802939
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - August 2012 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Shockwave 11.6.6.636

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB12-17
Researcher: Will Dormann (suto)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2044 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1027387 - Adobe Shockwave Player Memory Corruption Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 35872 - [APSB12-17] Adobe Shockwave Player Before 11.6.6.636 Unspecified Remote Code Execution (CVE-2012-2044), Critical
Secunia: 50283 - Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 84609

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/16/2012 16:14
Updated: 03/27/2021 12:13
Changes: 08/16/2012 16:14 (79), 04/15/2017 16:32 (9), 03/27/2021 12:13 (2)
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