76968 : Adobe Shockwave Player TextXtra.x32 Director File Handling Remote Memory Corruption
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-11-08

Time to Patch	Time to Vendor Response
50 days	1 days

Description

A memory corruption flaw exists in Adobe Shockwave Player. The TextXtra.x32 file fails to sanitize user-supplied input when an unspecified error occurs, which will result in a memory corruption. With a specially crafted director file, a remote attacker can execute arbitrary code.

Classification

Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade to version 11.6.3.633 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Shockwave Player

11.6.1.629

References

Security Tracker: 1026288
CVE ID: 2011-2447 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 46667
Bugtraq ID: 50584
Related OSVDB ID: 76966 76967 76969
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-27.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.coresecurity.com/content/adobe-shockwave-textxtra-vulnerability

Credit

Pablo Santamaria - Core Security Technologies

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-11-09 | Disagree?

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