Adobe Shockwave Player up to 8.0.195 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Shockwave Player up to 8.0.195. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in input validation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2010-2873. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Shockwave Player up to 8.0.195 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.8.612 does not properly validate offset values in the rcsL RIFF chunks of (1) .DIR and (2) .DCR Director movies, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted movie.

The weakness was disclosed 08/26/2010 by Damian Put (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2873. 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. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/24/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48436 (Shockwave Player < 11.5.8.612), 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 118432 (Adobe Shockwave Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSB10-20)).

Upgrading to version 8.0.196 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (48436), SecurityFocus (BID 42682†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26934†). The entries VDB-54616, VDB-54545, VDB-54544 and VDB-54543 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 48436
Nessus Name: Shockwave Player < 11.5.8.612
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OpenVAS ID: 902237
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities Aug-10
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Shockwave Player 8.0.196
Suricata ID: 2013069
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08/24/2010 +28 days 🔍
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08/26/2010 +2 days 🔍
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08/30/2010 +4 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1662 days 🔍
09/24/2021 +2381 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Damian Put
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CVE: CVE-2010-2873 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2873
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54537

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SecurityFocus: 42682 - Adobe Shockwave Player Director rcsL Chunk Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 41065
Vulnerability Center: 26934 - [APSB10-20] Adobe Shockwave Player Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted Movie File, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/24/2021 03:58
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (65), 03/03/2017 09:45 (11), 09/24/2021 03:50 (4), 09/24/2021 03:58 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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