Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.48.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2009-1868. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.246.0 and 10.x before 10.0.32.18, and Adobe AIR before 1.5.2, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving URL parsing.

The weakness was disclosed 07/30/2009 by iDefense with iDEFENSE (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-1868 since 06/01/2009. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40447 (Adobe AIR < 1.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB09-10)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116529 (Adobe Acrobat and Reader Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSA09-03 and APSB09-10)).

Upgrading to version 9.0.114.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (52185), Exploit-DB (33133), Tenable (40447), SecurityFocus (BID 35902†) and OSVDB (56776†). The entries VDB-4049, VDB-49229, VDB-49228 and VDB-49226 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 40447
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR < 1.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB09-10)
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OpenVAS ID: 800854
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player/Air Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities - Aug09 (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 9.0.114.0
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06/01/2009 🔍
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07/30/2009 +7 days 🔍
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12/27/2024 +3572 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: iDefense
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1868 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1868
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49227

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X-Force: 52185
SecurityFocus: 35902 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR URI Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 36193 - Gentoo update for adobe-flash and acroread, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 56776 - Adobe Multiple Products URL Parsing Heap-based Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1022629 - Adobe Flash Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 23056 - [APSB09-10] Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR URL Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2009-2086

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

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 12/27/2024 03:14
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (71), 02/12/2017 13:06 (22), 08/13/2021 09:19 (2), 12/27/2024 03:14 (16)
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