Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.114.0 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Adobe Flash Player. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-4546. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610, allows remote web servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and browser crash) by returning a different response when an HTTP request is sent a second time, as demonstrated by two responses that provide SWF files with different SWF version numbers.

The bug was discovered 10/01/2008. The weakness was disclosed 10/14/2008 by Matt (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4546 since 10/14/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50549 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2010-007)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165220 (SUSE Security Update for Flash Player (SUSE-SA:2010:024)).

Upgrading to version 9.0.115.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45630), Exploit-DB (32452), Tenable (50549), SecurityFocus (BID 31537†) and OSVDB (50073†). The entries VDB-44075, VDB-53657, VDB-53656 and VDB-53655 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 50549
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2010-007)
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OpenVAS ID: 67656
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 9.0.115.0
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10/14/2008 +12 days 🔍
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11/17/2008 +1 days 🔍
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Matt
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4546 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4546
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44472

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X-Force: 45630
SecurityFocus: 31537 - Adobe Flash Player SWF Version Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 32759 - SUSE Update for Multiple Packages, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 50073 - CVE-2008-4546 - Adobe - Flash Player and AIR - Denial of service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1024085
Vulnerability Center: 20010 - [APSB10-14] Adobe Flash Player NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-1453

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

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 12/20/2024 20:37
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (91), 08/20/2019 18:08 (5), 12/20/2024 20:37 (18)
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