Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.115.0 HTTP access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.115.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component HTTP Handler. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-6243. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.115.0 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component HTTP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Flash Player 9.x up to 9.0.48.0, 8.x up to 8.0.35.0, and 7.x up to 7.0.70.0 does not sufficiently restrict the interpretation and usage of cross-domain policy files, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-domain and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The weakness was disclosed 12/27/2007 by Toshiharu Sugiyama (JPCERT) with UBsecure (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-6243 since 12/05/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 800028 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115679 (Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB07-20)).

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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39129), Tenable (800028), SecurityFocus (BID 26966†), OSVDB (51567†) and Secunia (SA28161†). The entries VDB-3525, VDB-3523, VDB-3524 and VDB-3530 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 800028
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OpenVAS ID: 90018
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player 9.0.115.0 and earlier vulnerability (Lin)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: adobe.com

Timelineinfo

12/05/2007 🔍
12/18/2007 +13 days 🔍
12/19/2007 +1 days 🔍
12/19/2007 +0 days 🔍
12/19/2007 +0 days 🔍
12/27/2007 +8 days 🔍
01/03/2008 +7 days 🔍
12/16/2008 +348 days 🔍
12/09/2024 +5836 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Toshiharu Sugiyama (JPCERT)
Organization: UBsecure
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-6243 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6243
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3527

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X-Force: 39129 - Adobe Flash Player unspecified security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 26966 - Adobe Flash Player Policy File Cross Domain Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 28161 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 51567 - Adobe Flash Cross-domain Policy Canonicalization Weakness
SecurityTracker: 1019116
Vupen: ADV-2007-4258

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/03/2008 09:20
Updated: 12/09/2024 05:50
Changes: 01/03/2008 09:20 (89), 03/22/2019 15:42 (2), 12/09/2024 05:50 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:82B:103

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