Adobe Flash Player up to 11.6.602.168 ExternalInterface in ActionScript memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.6.602.168. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component ExternalInterface in ActionScript. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-0648. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.6.602.168 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component ExternalInterface in ActionScript. 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in the ExternalInterface ActionScript functionality in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.67 and 11.x before 11.6.602.171 on Windows and Mac OS X, and before 10.3.183.67 and 11.x before 11.2.202.273 on Linux, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted SWF content, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.

The weakness was disclosed 02/26/2013 by Mark Yason as APSB13-08 as confirmed knowledge base article (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-0648 since 12/18/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64916 (Flash Player <= 10.3.183.63 / 11.6.602.168 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB13-08)), 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 166198 (SUSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2013:0359-1)). This issue was added on 09/17/2024 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 10/08/2024:

The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.

Upgrading to version 11.6.602.171 eliminates this vulnerability. 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 12813.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Zero-Day.cz (100), Tenable (64916), OSVDB (90614†), SecurityTracker (ID 1028210†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-38567†). The entries VDB-7830 and VDB-7831 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Private
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Nessus ID: 64916
Nessus Name: Flash Player <= 10.3.183.63 / 11.6.602.168 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB13-08)
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OpenVAS ID: 803324
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 March13 (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.6.602.171
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB13-08
Researcher: Mark Yason
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CVE: CVE-2013-0648 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0648
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7832

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OSVDB: 90614
SecurityTracker: 1028210 - Adobe Flash Player Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 38567 - [APSB13-08] Adobe Flash Player Remote Arbitrary Code Execution via Crafted SWF Content - CVE-2013-0648, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/27/2013 10:49
Updated: 09/30/2024 17:13
Changes: 02/27/2013 10:49 (85), 04/25/2017 11:16 (2), 05/05/2021 15:04 (3), 07/14/2024 11:37 (21), 09/18/2024 03:14 (1), 09/18/2024 22:30 (11), 09/19/2024 22:21 (11), 09/30/2024 17:13 (9)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216:3C5:103

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