Adobe Animate up to 15.2.1.95 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Animate up to 15.2.1.95. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-7866. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Animate up to 15.2.1.95. This issue affects an unknown functionality. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Animate versions 15.2.1.95 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2016. The weakness was shared 12/15/2016 by John Page (hyp3rlinx) as APSB16-38 (Website). The advisory is shared at hyp3rlinx.altervista.org. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-7866 since 09/09/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by John Page (hyp3rlinx) and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at seclists.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 201 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209432 (Adobe Animate 16.x < 16.0.0.112 A Vulnerability (APSB16-38)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370261 (Adobe Animate Memory Corruption Vulnerability (APSB16-38)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (40915), Tenable (209432) and SecurityFocus (BID 94872†). seclists.org is providing further details. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Animate

Version

• 15.2.1.0
• 15.2.1.1
• 15.2.1.2
• 15.2.1.3
• 15.2.1.4
• 15.2.1.5
• 15.2.1.6
• 15.2.1.7
• 15.2.1.8
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• 15.2.1.19
• 15.2.1.20
• 15.2.1.21
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• 15.2.1.24
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• 15.2.1.26
• 15.2.1.27
• 15.2.1.28
• 15.2.1.29
• 15.2.1.30
• 15.2.1.31
• 15.2.1.32
• 15.2.1.33
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• 15.2.1.51
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• 15.2.1.66
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• 15.2.1.90
• 15.2.1.91
• 15.2.1.92
• 15.2.1.93
• 15.2.1.94
• 15.2.1.95

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: John Page (hyp3rlinx)
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Nessus ID: 209432
Nessus Name: Adobe Animate 16.x < 16.0.0.112 A Vulnerability (APSB16-38)

OpenVAS ID: 855267
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Animate Memory Corruption Vulnerability-(Windows)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

05/28/2016 🔍
09/09/2016 +104 days 🔍
12/13/2016 +95 days 🔍
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12/14/2016 +1 days 🔍
12/15/2016 +1 days 🔍
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10/23/2024 +2869 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB16-38
Researcher: John Page (hyp3rlinx)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7866 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7866
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94529
SecurityFocus: 94872 - Adobe Animate CVE-2016-7866 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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

Created: 12/15/2016 16:54
Updated: 10/23/2024 21:23
Changes: 12/15/2016 16:54 (75), 07/24/2019 16:51 (5), 09/19/2024 01:47 (18), 10/23/2024 21:23 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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