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Adobe Shockwave Player Integer Overflow

Adobe Shockwave Player Integer Overflow
Posted Jan 20, 2010
Authored by Alin Rad Pop | Site secunia.com

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow error when processing a certain Shockwave 3D block. This can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted Shockwave file. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. Version 11.5.2.602 is affected.

tags | advisory, overflow, arbitrary
advisories | CVE-2009-4003
SHA-256 | ee5b1897f238ae118309546dbdae38bb523fb26b557924829cf8636189565ea0

Adobe Shockwave Player Integer Overflow

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Secunia Research 20/01/2010

- Adobe Shockwave Player Integer Overflow Vulnerability -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10

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1) Affected Software

* Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.2.602

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"Over 450 million Internet-enabled desktops have installed Adobe
Shockwave Player. These people now have access to some of the best the
Web has to offer - including dazzling 3D games and entertainment,
interactive product demonstrations, and online learning applications."

Product Link:
http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer/

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave
Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially
compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow error when
processing a certain Shockwave 3D block. This can be exploited to
corrupt memory via a specially crafted Shockwave file.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

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5) Solution

Update to version 11.5.6.606 or later.

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6) Time Table

12/01/2010 - Vendor notified.
13/01/2010 - Vendor response.
16/01/2010 - Vendor provides status update.
20/01/2010 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Alin Rad Pop, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2009-4003 for the vulnerability.

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9) About Secunia

Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate
customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence
relevant to their specific system configuration:

http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/

Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory
database as a service to the security community and private
individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security.

http://secunia.com/advisories/

Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to
do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the
security and reliability of software in general:

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below
to see currently vacant positions:

http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/

Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories:

http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-1/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

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