Macromedia Flash Player up to 5.0.30 SWF File exec privileges management

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Macromedia Flash Player up to 5.0.30. This impacts the function exec of the component SWF File Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2002-0477. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Macromedia Flash Player up to 5.0.30 (Multimedia Player Software). This issue affects the function exec of the component SWF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Standalone Macromedia Flash Player 5.0 before 5,0,30,2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a .SWF file containing the "exec" FSCommand.

The weakness was presented 08/12/2002 with Macromedia (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-0477. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 5.0.30.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8587) and SecurityFocus (BID 4321†). See VDB-18532 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Multimedia Player Software

Vendor

• Macromedia

Name

• Flash Player

Version

• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 5.0.3
• 5.0.4
• 5.0.5
• 5.0.6
• 5.0.7
• 5.0.8
• 5.0.9
• 5.0.10
• 5.0.11
• 5.0.12
• 5.0.13
• 5.0.14
• 5.0.15
• 5.0.16
• 5.0.17
• 5.0.18
• 5.0.19
• 5.0.20
• 5.0.21
• 5.0.22
• 5.0.23
• 5.0.24
• 5.0.25
• 5.0.26
• 5.0.27
• 5.0.28
• 5.0.29
• 5.0.30

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: http://www.macromedia.com/

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