Title: Adobe Shockwave Player Director File Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
Adobe Shockwave Player is a multimedia player available for multiple platforms.
Shockwave Player is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability that is caused by a backwards-compatibility issue with Shockwave Player 10 content. Specifically, a memory-dereferencing error may overwrite an unspecified 4-byte pointer when the application parses a malicious Adobe Director file.
Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed exploit attempts may cause a denial-of-service condition.
Versions prior to Shockwave Player 11.5.0.600 for Microsoft Windows are vulnerable.
Affected Products:
- Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.0.596
References:
- Adobe: APSB09-08 Security Update available for Shockwave Player
- Adobe: Adobe Shockwave Player Homepage
- Zero Day Initiative: ZDI-09-044 Adobe Shockwave Player Director File Parsing Pointer Overwrite Vulner
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