Adobe Flash Player up to 11.3.300.270 memory corruption

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.3.300.270. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2012-1535. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.3.300.270 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.3.300.271 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.238 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted SWF content, as exploited in the wild in August 2012 with SWF content in a Word document.

The bug was discovered 08/14/2012. The weakness was disclosed 08/14/2012 by Alexander Gavrun with iDefense Labs as APSB12-18 as not defined bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1535 since 03/08/2012. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as attacked. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74716 (openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2012:0996-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120441 (Red Hat Update for flash-plugin (RHSA-2012:1203)). The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 03/03/2022 with a due date of 03/24/2022:

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Upgrading to version 11.3.300.271 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at get.adobe.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4062.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (20624), Zero-Day.cz (51), Tenable (74716), SecurityFocus (BID 55009†) and OSVDB (84607†). The entries VDB-6001, VDB-6002, VDB-6003 and VDB-6005 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 74716
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2012:0996-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 802941
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Font Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability - (Linux)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/flash_opentype_font_integer_overflow
Saint Name: Adobe Flash Player OpenType Font Integer Overflow

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MetaSploit ID: adobe_flash_otf_font.rb
MetaSploit Name: Adobe Flash Player 11.3 Kern Table Parsing Integer Overflow
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.3.300.271
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB12-18
Researcher: Alexander Gavrun
Organization: iDefense Labs
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-1535 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1535
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5947

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SecurityFocus: 55009 - Adobe Flash Player CVE-2012-1535 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 50285
OSVDB: 84607 - CVE-2012-1535 - Adobe - Flash Player - Unspecified Issue
Vulnerability Center: 35870 - [APSB12-18] Adobe Flash Player 11.3.300.270 and Earlier Remote DoS or Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 08/16/2012 16:07
Updated: 09/09/2024 22:29
Changes: 08/16/2012 16:07 (100), 07/30/2019 21:13 (10), 04/23/2024 08:33 (24), 07/15/2024 01:42 (2), 07/16/2024 22:47 (12), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1)
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