Adobe Shockwave up to 12.2.7.197 Library Loader untrusted search path

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe Shockwave up to 12.2.7.197 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Library Loader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Shockwave versions 12.2.7.197 and earlier have an insecure library loading (DLL hijacking) vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to escalation of privilege.

The bug was discovered 03/14/2017. The weakness was published 03/14/2017 by Nitesh Shilpkar (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-2983 since 12/02/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97835 (Adobe Shockwave Player <= 12.2.7.197 DLL Hijacking (APSB17-08)), 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 370338 (Adobe Shockwave Player Privilege Escalation Vulnerablity (APSB17-08)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (97835), SecurityFocus (BID 96863†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037993†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
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Nessus ID: 97835
Nessus Name: Adobe Shockwave Player <= 12.2.7.197 DLL Hijacking (APSB17-08)
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OpenVAS ID: 802398
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Shockwave Player Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Researcher: Nitesh Shilpkar
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2983 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2983
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97940
SecurityFocus: 96863 - Adobe Shockwave Player CVE-2017-2983 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2983 - Adobe - Shockwave Player - DLL Hijacking Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037993

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Created: 03/15/2017 08:03 AM
Updated: 12/25/2024 01:07 PM
Changes: 03/15/2017 08:03 AM (69), 09/06/2020 06:21 PM (8), 09/01/2024 11:01 AM (18), 12/25/2024 01:07 PM (3)
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