Adobe Shockwave Player prior 6.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Shockwave Player. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2010-0986. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Shockwave Player (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 does not properly process asset entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Shockwave file.

The weakness was published 05/13/2010 by Alin Rad Pop with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0986. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/13/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 46329 (Shockwave Player < 11.5.7.609 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-12)), 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 118031 (Adobe Shockwave Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB10-12)).

Upgrading to version 6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (46329), SecurityFocus (BID 40086†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25725†). Similar entries are available at VDB-53206, VDB-53205, VDB-53204 and VDB-53203. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 46329
Nessus Name: Shockwave Player < 11.5.7.609 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-12)
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OpenVAS ID: 801335
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities May-10
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Shockwave Player 6.0
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03/18/2010 🔍
05/11/2010 +54 days 🔍
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05/13/2010 +2 days 🔍
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05/16/2010 +3 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1768 days 🔍
09/13/2021 +2370 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Alin Rad Pop
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0986 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0986
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53185

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SecurityFocus: 40086 - Adobe Shockwave Player CVE-2010-0986 Asset Entry Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 38751
Vulnerability Center: 25725 - [APSB10-12] Adobe Shockwave Player Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted Shockwave File, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/13/2021 10:49
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (62), 02/24/2017 10:15 (10), 09/13/2021 10:43 (4), 09/13/2021 10:49 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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