HTTP: Adobe Director CVE-2010-2873 Remote Code Execution

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Adobe Director. A successful attack can lead to memory corruption and arbitrary code execution.

Extended Description

Adobe Shockwave Player is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application. Failed attacks may cause a denial-of-service condition. Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.7.609 and prior are vulnerable. NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 42657 (Adobe Shockwave Player APSB10-20 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities) but has been given its own record to better document it.

Affected Products

Adobe shockwave_player

References

BugTraq: 42682

CVE: CVE-2010-2873

Short Name
HTTP:STC:ADOBE:CVE-2010-2873-CE
Severity
Major
Recommended
True
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
Adobe CVE-2010-2873 Code Director Execution Remote bid:42682
Release Date
06/08/2015
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3336
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Adobe

CVSS Score

9.3

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