Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.124.0 numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.124.0. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to numeric error. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-0071. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.124.0 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-189. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.115.0 and earlier, and 8.0.39.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file with a negative Scene Count value, which passes a signed comparison, is used as an offset of a NULL pointer, and triggers a buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 04/08/2008. The weakness was released 04/09/2008 by Alin Rad Pop with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-0071 since 01/04/2007. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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 31964 (SuSE 10 Security Update : flash-player (ZYPP Patch Number 5159)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115779 (Adobe Flash Player Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities (APSB08-11)).

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 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 13820. In this case the pattern |A8 15| is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6147.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (37277), Tenable (31964), SecurityFocus (BID 29386†), OSVDB (44282†) and Secunia (SA30507†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3678, VDB-3679, VDB-3680 and VDB-3681. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31964
Nessus Name: SuSE 10 Security Update : flash-player (ZYPP Patch Number 5159)
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OpenVAS ID: 61120
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: adobe.com

Snort ID: 13820
Snort Message: WEB-CLIENT Adobe Flash player SWF scene and label data memory corruption attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Alin Rad Pop
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0071 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0071
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3676

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X-Force: 37277 - Adobe Flash Player invalid pointer integer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 29386 - Retired: Adobe Flash Player SWF File Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 30507 - Sun Solaris update for Adobe Flash Player, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 44282 - Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Input Validation Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1020114
Vulnerability Center: 18146 - Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1724

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/21/2008 12:19
Updated: 01/25/2025 17:01
Changes: 04/21/2008 12:19 (112), 08/08/2019 11:23 (1), 01/25/2025 17:01 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:674:103

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