Secunia Research: Adobe Shockwave Player CSWV Integer Overflow Vulnerability

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                     Secunia Research 09/02/2011

   - Adobe Shockwave Player CSWV Integer Overflow Vulnerability -

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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

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1) Affected Software 

* Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.9.615

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity 

Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where:  Remote

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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/

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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.

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5) Solution 

Update to version 11.5.9.620.

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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.

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7) Credits 

Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned 
CVE-2010-2589 for the vulnerability.

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10) Verification 

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
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