Macromedia Flash Player up to 7.0.18.x privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Macromedia Flash Player up to 7.0.18.x. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2003-1017. Furthermore, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Macromedia Flash Player up to 7.0.18.x (Multimedia Player Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Macromedia Flash Player before 7,0,19,0 stores a Flash data file in a predictable location that is accessible to web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Opera, which allows remote attackers to read restricted files via vulnerabilities in web browsers whose exploits rely on predictable names.

The bug was discovered 12/16/2003. The weakness was published 01/05/2004 by Mindwarper (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-1017 since 12/17/2003. 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 unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11952 (Flash Player < 7.0.19.0 Predictable Data Location Weakness), 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.

Upgrading to version 7.0.19.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (14013), Exploit-DB (23298), Tenable (11952), SecurityFocus (BID 8900†) and OSVDB (3057†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 11952
Nessus Name: Flash Player < 7.0.19.0 Predictable Data Location Weakness
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 7.0.19.0

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10/24/2003 🔍
10/24/2003 +0 days 🔍
12/16/2003 +53 days 🔍
12/17/2003 +1 days 🔍
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01/05/2004 +19 days 🔍
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07/11/2006 +918 days 🔍
09/30/2014 +3003 days 🔍
03/02/2025 +3806 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: macromedia.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Mindwarper
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2003-1017 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1017
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21485
X-Force: 14013
SecurityFocus: 8900 - Macromedia Flash Player Flash Cookie Predictable File Location Weakness
OSVDB: 3057 - Macromedia - Flash Player - Flash Cookie - Predictable File Location Weakness
Vulnerability Center: 12215 - Macromedia Flash Player Allows Remote Reading of Flash Data File Kept in a Predictable Location, Medium

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

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Created: 09/30/2014 15:33
Updated: 03/02/2025 12:46
Changes: 09/30/2014 15:33 (69), 06/22/2019 09:43 (3), 03/02/2025 12:46 (27)
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