Adobe Flash Player 8.0.24.0 swf denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Adobe Flash Player 8.0.24.0. This impacts an unknown function of the file swf of the component Flash Player. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-3588. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player 8.0.24.0 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file swf of the component Flash Player. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe (Macromedia) Flash Player 8.0.24.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a malformed, compressed .swf file, a different issue than CVE-2006-3587.

The bug was discovered 07/05/2006. The weakness was published 09/12/2006 by Stuart Pearson (ERRor) with Computer Terrorism (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-3588 since 07/13/2006. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. 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. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44355), Tenable (22056), SecurityFocus (BID 19980†), OSVDB (28733†) and Secunia (SA21865†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2361, VDB-2524, VDB-2525 and VDB-2523. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Stuart Pearson (ERRor)
Organization: Computer Terrorism
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-3588 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3588
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31315

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X-Force: 44355
SecurityFocus: 19980 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21865 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 28733 - Adobe Flash Player Malformed SWF Processing Unspecified DoS
SecurityTracker: 1016449
Vulnerability Center: 12381 - [MS06-069] Macromedia Flash Player Denial of Service via Compressed .SWF File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2702

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Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/23/2019 16:43
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (95), 06/23/2019 16:43 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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