Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.124.0 File input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.124.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component File Handler. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-5275. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.124.0 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component File 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:

The Adobe Macromedia Flash 9 plug-in allows remote attackers to cause a victim machine to establish TCP sessions with arbitrary hosts via a Flash (SWF) movie, related to lack of pinning of a hostname to a single IP address after receiving an allow-access-from element in a cross-domain-policy XML document, and the availability of a Flash Socket class that does not use the browser s DNS pins, aka DNS rebinding attacks, a different issue than CVE-2002-1467 and CVE-2007-4324.

The bug was discovered 07/24/2007. The weakness was disclosed 04/09/2008 by Mark Dowd (team509) with ISS X-Force (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-5275 since 10/08/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

The exploit is available at immunitysec.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 76 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90018 (openSUSE Security Update : cgit (openSUSE-2016-356)), 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 115679 (Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB07-20)).

Upgrading to version 9.0.124.0 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 9 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38334), Tenable (90018), SecurityFocus (BID 29386†), OSVDB (44282†) and Secunia (SA28083†). isc.sans.org is providing further details. The entries VDB-82, VDB-332, VDB-333 and VDB-427 are pretty similar. 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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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 90018
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : cgit (openSUSE-2016-356)
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OpenVAS ID: 90018
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player 9.0.115.0 and earlier vulnerability (Lin)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 9.0.124.0
Patch: adobe.com

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07/24/2007 🔍
10/08/2007 +76 days 🔍
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12/25/2007 +78 days 🔍
04/09/2008 +106 days 🔍
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Mark Dowd (team509)
Organization: ISS X-Force
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5275 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5275
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3677

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X-Force: 38334
SecurityFocus: 29386 - Retired: Adobe Flash Player SWF File Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 28083 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 44282 - Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Input Validation Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1019811
Vulnerability Center: 17154 - Adobe Macromedia Flash 9 Plug-in Allows Remote DNS Rebinding Attacks, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-4258

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Created: 04/21/2008 12:19
Updated: 08/01/2019 19:07
Changes: 04/21/2008 12:19 (98), 08/01/2019 19:07 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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