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Macromedia ShockWave Player ActiveX Installer Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA19009 Print Advisory
Release Date: 2006-02-24
Last Update: 2006-03-01
Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch
Software:
Shockwave Player 10.x
Shockwave Player 8.x
Shockwave Player 9.x
CVE reference: CVE-2005-3525
Description:
Peter Vreugdenhil has reported a vulnerability in Macromedia ShockWave Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the Installer ActiveX control. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via overly long values passed in two specific parameters to the control.
Successful exploitation allows arbitrary code execution, but requires that the user is e.g. tricked into visiting a malicious web site that prompts the user to install Shockwave Player.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 10.1.0.11 and prior.
NOTE: The vendor has reported that the vulnerability occurs only during the installation process, and no action needs to be taken by current users.
Solution:
Only install ShockWave Player directly from the vendor's web site.
Take note that Macromedia has just been acquired by Adobe, and says this about the new vulnerability:
"Adobe has fixed the issue in the Shockwave Player ActiveX installer. Since the vulnerability occurs in the installer, no action needs to be taken by current Macromedia Shockwave Player by Adobe customers. Customers downloading and installing the latest Shockwave Player are also no longer vulnerable with the updated Shockwave Player ActiveX installer."
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[This message was edited by Wiz Feinberg on 03 March 2006 at 09:15 AM.]
