Adobe Shockwave Player Director File Parsing Pointer Overwrite Vulnerability
ZDI-09-044: June 24th, 2009CVE ID
Affected Vendors
Affected Products
TippingPoint™ IPS Customer Protection
TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 5764. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute code on vulnerable installations of Adobe's Shockwave Player. User interaction is required in that a user must visit a malicious web site.
The specific flaw exists when the Shockwave player attempts to load a specially crafted Adobe Director File. When a malicious value is used during a memory dereference a possible 4-byte memory overwrite may occur. Exploitation can lead to remote system compromise under the credentials of the currently logged in user.
Vendor Response
Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:Disclosure Timeline
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2008-05-12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2009-06-24 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
This vulnerability was discovered by:-
Paul Kurczaba
