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Adobe Shockwave Player Director File Parsing Pointer Overwrite Vulnerability

ZDI-09-044: June 24th, 2009

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Affected Vendors

Affected Products

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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

    2008-05-12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
    2009-06-24 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by:
    Paul Kurczaba