Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.115.0 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Adobe Flash Player. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2010-2179. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) 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, when Firefox or Chrome is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to URL parsing.

The weakness was disclosed 06/15/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-2179 since 06/07/2010. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 165160 (SUSE Security Update for FlashPlayer (SUSE-SA:2010:024)-Deprecated).

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 (59328), Tenable (46858), SecurityFocus (BID 40808†), Secunia (SA40144†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1024085†). The entries VDB-44472, VDB-53657, VDB-53656 and VDB-53655 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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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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06/10/2010 +3 days 🔍
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06/11/2010 +1 days 🔍
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06/15/2010 +4 days 🔍
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06/22/2010 +7 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1731 days 🔍
05/25/2025 +3720 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0464
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2179 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2179
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53647

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X-Force: 59328
SecurityFocus: 40808 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR URI Parsing Cross Domain Scripting 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: 26122 - [APSB10-14] Adobe Flash Player and AIR Remote Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability via URL Parsing, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-1453

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/25/2025 07:51
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (64), 02/28/2017 07:51 (17), 09/15/2021 22:56 (3), 09/15/2021 23:08 (1), 05/25/2025 07:51 (17)
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