Adobe Flash Player prior 9.0.124.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2010-2169. No exploit exists. 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:

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610, allow attackers to cause a denial of service (pointer memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 06/15/2010 by Manuel Caballero with Microsoft Vulnerability Research (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2169 since 06/07/2010. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 40807†), Secunia (SA40144†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024085†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26113†). The entries VDB-44472, VDB-53657, VDB-53656 and VDB-53655 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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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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03/19/2015 +1731 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0464
Researcher: Manuel Caballero
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2169 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2169
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53637

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SecurityFocus: 40807 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR (CVE-2010-2169) Invalid Pointer Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 40144 - Adobe AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1024085 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitary Code, Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks, and Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 26113 - [APSB10-14] Adobe Flash Player and AIR Pointer Memory Corruption Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-1453

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/15/2021 19:50
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (65), 02/28/2017 07:47 (19), 09/15/2021 19:44 (2), 09/15/2021 19:50 (1)
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