Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15 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-2011-2417. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15 (Multimedia Player Software). 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 10.3.183.5 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and before 10.3.186.3 on Android, and Adobe AIR before 2.7.1 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 2.7.1.1961 on Android, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2135, CVE-2011-2140, and CVE-2011-2425.

The weakness was disclosed 08/10/2011 by Marc Schoenefeld with Red Hat Security Response Team (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-2417. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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 11/17/2021). 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 56197 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.1 / 9.4.6 / 8.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-21, APSB11-24)), 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 165569 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Adobe Flash Player (SUSE-SA:2011:033)).

Upgrading to version 10.1.106.16 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (56197), SecurityFocus (BID 49084†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-32673†). The entries VDB-4399, VDB-4419, VDB-58504 and VDB-58503 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 56197
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.1 / 9.4.6 / 8.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-21, APSB11-24)
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OpenVAS ID: 70268
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 10.1.106.16
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08/09/2011 +64 days 🔍
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08/10/2011 +1 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1321 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:1144
Researcher: Marc Schoenefeld
Organization: Red Hat Security Response Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2417 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2417
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58257

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SecurityFocus: 49084 - Adobe Flash Player CVE-2011-2417 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 48308
Vulnerability Center: 32673 - [APSB11-21] Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2011-2417), Medium

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/17/2021 18:57
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (66), 03/29/2017 17:05 (12), 11/17/2021 18:50 (5), 11/17/2021 18:57 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:3D5:103

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