Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.16.0 ActiveX Control input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.16.0. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component ActiveX Control Handler. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-3014. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.16.0 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component ActiveX Control Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Excel allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary javascript and redirect users to arbitrary sites via an Excel spreadsheet with an embedded Shockwave Flash Player ActiveX Object, which is automatically executed when the user opens the spreadsheet.

The bug was discovered 06/20/2006. The weakness was published 09/12/2006 by Debasis Mohanty with Adobe (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3014 since 06/13/2006. 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 exploit is available at securityfocus.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 $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 115409 (Adobe Flash Player Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSB06-11) (MS06-069)).

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 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4864.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27312), Tenable (22056), SecurityFocus (BID 18583†), OSVDB (27507†) and Secunia (SA21865†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2361, VDB-2524, VDB-2523 and VDB-31315. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 22056
Nessus Name: Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB06-11)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: adobe.com
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06/20/2006 +7 days 🔍
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06/21/2006 +1 days 🔍
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06/22/2006 +1 days 🔍
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11/14/2006 +60 days 🔍
06/21/2019 +4602 days 🔍

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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Debasis Mohanty
Organization: Adobe
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3014 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3014
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2525

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X-Force: 27312 - Microsoft Excel embedded Shockwave Flash Object code execution, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 18583 - Microsoft Office Embedded Shockwave Flash Object Security Bypass Weakness
Secunia: 21865 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27507 - Microsoft Excel embedded Shockwave Flash Object code execution
SecurityTracker: 1016344
Vulnerability Center: 12136 - [MS06-069] Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution and Redirection of Users to Arbitrary Sites, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3577

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

Created: 09/15/2006 11:41
Updated: 06/21/2019 17:29
Changes: 09/15/2006 11:41 (107), 06/21/2019 17:29 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:959:103

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