Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.233 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.233. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-0779. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.233 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected is some unknown processing. 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. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.19 and 11.x before 11.2.202.235 on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux; before 11.1.111.9 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.8 on Android 4.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, related to an "object confusion vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in May 2012.

The bug was discovered 05/04/2012. The weakness was published 05/04/2012 with Microsoft Vulnerability Research as APSB12-09 as confirmed knowledge base article (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. The public release happened without coordination with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-0779 since 01/18/2012. 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.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as attacked. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74617 (openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2012:0594-1)), 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 165303 (SUSE Security Update for Update for Flash Player (openSUSE-SU-2012:0594-1)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.235 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12452.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75383), Exploit-DB (19369), Zero-Day.cz (53), Tenable (74617) and SecurityFocus (BID 53395†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 74617
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2012:0594-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 802771
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Object Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Linux)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/flash_object_confusion
Saint Name: Adobe Flash Player Object Confusion Code Execution

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MetaSploit ID: adobe_flash_rtmp.rb
MetaSploit Name: Adobe Flash Player Object Type Confusion
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.235
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB12-09
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0779 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0779
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5340

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X-Force: 75383
SecurityFocus: 53395 - Adobe Flash Player CVE-2012-0779 Object Type Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 49038
OSVDB: 81656 - CVE-2012-0779 - Adobe - Flash Player - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1027023
Vulnerability Center: 34989 - [APSB12-09] Adobe Flash Player Object Confusion Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploited in the Wild, Critical

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

Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2012 10:59
Updated: 01/03/2025 15:17
Changes: 05/09/2012 10:59 (92), 07/30/2019 21:19 (14), 07/15/2024 10:56 (18), 01/03/2025 15:17 (2)
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