====================================================================== Secunia Research 09/02/2011 - Adobe Shockwave Player CSWV Integer Overflow Vulnerability - ====================================================================== 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 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software * Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.9.615 NOTE: Other versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Highly critical Impact: System compromise Where: Remote ====================================================================== 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/ ====================================================================== 4) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused by an integer overflow error in dirapi.dll when calculating the size of certain data inside a CSWV chunk. This can be exploited to corrupt memory outside the bounds of an allocated buffer via a specially crafted Director file. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. ====================================================================== 5) Solution Update to version 11.5.9.620. ====================================================================== 6) Time Table 05/11/2010 - Vendor notified. 05/11/2010 - Vendor response. 31/12/2010 - Status update requested. 31/12/2010 - Vendor provides status update. 01/02/2011 - Vendor provides status update. 09/02/2011 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 7) Credits Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2010-2589 for the vulnerability. ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: https://www.flexera.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.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: https://www.flexera.com/about-us/secunia-research/advisories/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: https://www.flexera.com/corporate/jobs/ Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: https://www.flexera.com/advisories/mailing_lists/ ====================================================================== 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: https://www.flexera.com/about-us/secunia-research/advisories/sr-2011-5.html Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: https://www.flexera.com/about-us/secunia-research/advisories/ ======================================================================