Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0 SWF File memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component SWF File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2006-3587. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0 (Multimedia Player Software). This affects some unknown functionality of the component SWF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe (Macromedia) Flash Player 8.0.24.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed .swf file that results in "multiple improper memory access" errors.

The bug was discovered 06/09/2006. The weakness was released 07/10/2006 by Haifei Li with Fortinet Security Research as MS06-069 (Website). The advisory is shared at fortinet.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-3587 since 07/13/2006. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 31 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22056 (Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB06-11)), 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 165128 (SUSE Security Update for Flash Player (SUSE-SA:2006:053)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at adobe.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27601), Tenable (22056), SecurityFocus (BID 18894†), OSVDB (27113†) and Secunia (SA20971†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2524, VDB-2525, VDB-2523 and VDB-31315. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22056
Nessus Name: Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB06-11)
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OpenVAS ID: 57354
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: adobe.com
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: MS06-069
Researcher: Haifei Li
Organization: Fortinet Security Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3587 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3587
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2361

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X-Force: 27601 - Adobe Macromedia Flash Player unspecifed .swf file code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 18894 - Macromedia Flash Malformed SWF File Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20971 - Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability and "addRequestHeader()" Bypass, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27113 - Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1016448
Vulnerability Center: 12322 - [MS06-069] Macromedia Flash Player Arbitrary Commands Execution via .SWF Errors, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2702

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/17/2006 12:12
Updated: 01/05/2025 12:21
Changes: 07/17/2006 12:12 (108), 06/22/2019 16:55 (1), 01/05/2025 12:21 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:E01:103

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