Adobe Flash Player up to 11.6.602.180 numeric error

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A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.6.602.180 (Multimedia Player Software). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-189. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.75 and 11.x before 11.7.700.169 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.75 and 11.x before 11.2.202.280 on Linux, before 11.1.111.50 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.54 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.7.0.1530; and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 3.7.0.1530 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

The weakness was disclosed 04/09/2013 with VUPEN Security as APSB13-11 as confirmed bulletin (Website) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Adobe. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-2555 since 03/10/2013. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/08/2021). 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 65909 (Adobe AIR 3.x <= 3.6.0.6090 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB13-11)), 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 166149 (SUSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2013:0672-1)).

Upgrading to version 11.7.700.169 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at adobe.com. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12854.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (82773) and Tenable (65909). The entries 7129, 7985, 8218 and 8219 are pretty similar.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 65909
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR 3.x <= 3.6.0.6090 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB13-11)
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OpenVAS ID: 803386
OpenVAS Name: Adobe AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities -02 April 13 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.7.700.169
Patch: technet.microsoft.com
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03/10/2013 +8 days 🔍
03/11/2013 +1 days 🔍
03/17/2013 +6 days 🔍
04/09/2013 +23 days 🔍
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB13-11
Organization: VUPEN Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-2555 (🔍)
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X-Force: 82773
Vulnerability Center: 38793 - [APSB13-11] Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution via Leveraging an Overflow - CVE-2013-2555, Critical
Secunia: 52931 - Adobe Flash Player / AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 92140

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/10/2013 18:20
Updated: 05/08/2021 07:53
Changes: 04/10/2013 18:20 (84), 04/25/2017 23:06 (4), 05/08/2021 07:53 (2)
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