Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.115.0 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-3793. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been classified as very critical. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in 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 attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was presented 06/15/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-3793. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 01/25/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 46858 (Adobe AIR < 2.0.2.12610 Multiple Vulnerabilities (ASPB10-14)), 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 165220 (SUSE Security Update for Flash Player (SUSE-SA:2010:024)).

Upgrading to version 9.0.124.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9397.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (46858), SecurityFocus (BID 40809†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024086†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26037†). See VDB-44472, VDB-53657, VDB-53656 and VDB-53655 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 46858
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR < 2.0.2.12610 Multiple Vulnerabilities (ASPB10-14)
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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 9.0.124.0
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10/26/2009 🔍
06/07/2010 +224 days 🔍
06/10/2010 +3 days 🔍
06/15/2010 +5 days 🔍
06/15/2010 +0 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1738 days 🔍
01/25/2025 +3600 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0464
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-3793 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3793
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53628

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SecurityFocus: 40809 - Adobe Flash Player (CVE-2009-3793) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 40026
SecurityTracker: 1024086
Vulnerability Center: 26037 - [APSB10-14] Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and Earlier and AIR 1.5.3.9130 and Earlier Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 01/25/2025 19:23
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (66), 02/27/2017 09:49 (8), 09/15/2021 17:27 (6), 09/15/2021 17:34 (2), 01/25/2025 19:23 (16)
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