Adobe Flash Player up to 13.0.0.201 Pixel Bender memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as very critical has been detected in Adobe Flash Player up to 13.0.0.201. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Pixel Bender. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2014-0515. Furthermore, an exploit is available. This vulnerability is historically significant due to its background and the way it was received. A worm is spreading, which is automatically exploiting this vulnerability. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 13.0.0.201 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Pixel Bender. 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:

Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.279 and 11.8.x through 13.0.x before 13.0.0.206 on Windows and OS X, and before 11.2.202.356 on Linux, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in April 2014.

The weakness was published 04/28/2014 by Alexander Polyakov with Kaspersky Labs as APSB14-13 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The public release happened without involvement of Adobe. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-0515 since 12/20/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/21/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact. The advisory points out:

Adobe is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2014-0515 exists in the wild, and is being used to target Flash Player users on the Windows platform.

After 2 weeks, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as attacked. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $100k and more. A worm is spreading, which is automatically exploiting this vulnerability. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73780 (RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2014:0447)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166960 (OpenSuSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2014:0585-1)).

Upgrading to version 13.0.0.206 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at adobe.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 31968. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13922.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92749), Exploit-DB (33333), Zero-Day.cz (19), Tenable (73780) and SecurityFocus (BID 67092†). securelist.com is providing further details. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Adobe Flash Player up to 13.0.0.182 (Windows)
  • Adobe Flash Player up to 13.0.0.201 (Mac)
  • Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.350 (Linux)

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 73780
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2014:0447)
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OpenVAS ID: 801509
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Apr14 (Windows)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/adobe_shader
Saint Name: Adobe Pixel Shader

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MetaSploit ID: adobe_flash_pixel_bender_bof.rb
MetaSploit Name: Adobe Flash Player Shader Buffer Overflow
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Upgrade: Flash Player 13.0.0.206

Snort ID: 31968
Snort Message: EXPLOIT-KIT Astrum exploit kit Adobe Flash exploit payload request
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Suricata ID: 2018563
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB14-13
Researcher: Alexander Polyakov
Organization: Kaspersky Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0515 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0515
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13085

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X-Force: 92749 - Adobe Flash Player pixel bender component buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 67092 - Adobe Flash Player CVE-2014-0515 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 58085 - Adobe Flash Player Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 106347
SecurityTracker: 1030155
Vulnerability Center: 44291 - [APSB14-13] Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability due to Buffer Overflow in Pixel Bender, Critical

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

Created: 04/29/2014 10:39
Updated: 12/21/2024 19:05
Changes: 04/29/2014 10:39 (123), 09/19/2018 08:01 (7), 07/12/2024 03:58 (17), 12/21/2024 19:05 (2)
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