Advisory Details

June 16th, 2010

Adobe Flash Player Multiple Atom MP4 Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-10-109
ZDI-CAN-560

CVE ID CVE-2010-2162
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Flash Player
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['9397']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of the Adobe Flash Player. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the code responsible for parsing embedded MP4 files. When handling the STSC, STSZ, and STCO atoms the player can be made to improperly calculate length values later used as size parameters during memory copy operations. By providing a specially crafted file an attacker can corrupt heap memory and execute arbitrary code under the context of the currently logged in user.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2009-10-27 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2010-06-16 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Damian Put
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