Adobe Flash Player prior 9.0.124.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Adobe Flash Player. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2174. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610, might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to an "invalid pointer vulnerability" and the newfunction (0x44) operator, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2173.

The weakness was disclosed 06/15/2010 by Nicolas Joly with VUPEN (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2174 since 06/07/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 X-Force (59323), Tenable (46858), SecurityFocus (BID 40805†), Secunia (SA40144†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1024085†). The entries VDB-44472, VDB-53657, VDB-53656 and VDB-53655 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

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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: Nicolas Joly
Organization: VUPEN
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2174 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2174
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53642

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X-Force: 59323
SecurityFocus: 40805 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR (CVE-2010-2174) Invalid Pointer Remote Code Execution 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: 26117 - [APSB10-14] Adobe Flash Player and AIR Invalid Pointer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted Website, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-1453

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/15/2021 21:07
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (69), 02/28/2017 07:48 (19), 09/15/2021 20:59 (2), 09/15/2021 21:07 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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