Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-0521 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 9.x before 9.0.159.0 and 10.x before 10.0.22.87 on Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges via a crafted library in a directory contained in the RPATH.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 6 | |
OS | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Subverting Environment Variable Values The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
- Footprinting An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
- Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible) An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
- Browser Fingerprinting An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
- Session Credential Falsification through Prediction This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_FLASH-PLAYER-6022.NASL description Specially crafted swf files could cause a buffer overflow in flash-player. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute code on the victim last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35747 published 2009-02-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35747 title openSUSE 10 Security Update : flash-player (flash-player-6022) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from openSUSE Security Update flash-player-6022. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(35747); script_version ("1.12"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:36"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0114", "CVE-2009-0519", "CVE-2009-0520", "CVE-2009-0521"); script_name(english:"openSUSE 10 Security Update : flash-player (flash-player-6022)"); script_summary(english:"Check for the flash-player-6022 patch"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Specially crafted swf files could cause a buffer overflow in flash-player. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute code on the victim's machine (CVE-2009-0519, CVE-2009-0520, CVE-2009-0114, CVE-2009-0521)." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected flash-player package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_cwe_id(20, 119, 200); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flash-player"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/02/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/02/27"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release"); if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE"); if (release !~ "^(SUSE10\.3)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "10.3", release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686", ourarch); flag = 0; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.3", reference:"flash-player-9.0.159.0-0.1") ) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "flash-player"); }
NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2009-0334.NASL description An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 Extras. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The flash-plugin package contains a Firefox-compatible Adobe Flash Player Web browser plug-in. Multiple input validation flaws were found in the way Flash Player displayed certain SWF (Shockwave Flash) content. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted SWF file that could cause flash-plugin to crash, or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when the victim loaded a page containing the specially crafted SWF content. (CVE-2009-0520, CVE-2009-0519) All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 9.0.159.0. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 63873 published 2013-01-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63873 title RHEL 3 / 4 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2009:0334) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_FLASH-PLAYER-6020.NASL description Specially crafted swf files could cause a buffer overflow in flash-player. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute code on the victim last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 51730 published 2011-01-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/51730 title SuSE 10 Security Update : flash-player (ZYPP Patch Number 6020) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200903-23.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200903-23 (Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player: The access scope of SystemsetClipboard() allows ActionScript programs to execute the method without user interaction (CVE-2008-3873). The access scope of FileReference.browse() and FileReference.download() allows ActionScript programs to execute the methods without user interaction (CVE-2008-4401). The Settings Manager controls can be disguised as normal graphical elements. This so-called last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35904 published 2009-03-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35904 title GLSA-200903-23 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_FLASH-PLAYER-090316.NASL description Specially crafted swf files could cause a buffer overflow in flash-player. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute code on the victim last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41391 published 2009-09-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41391 title SuSE 11 Security Update : flash-player (SAT Patch Number 612) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2009-0332.NASL description An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The flash-plugin package contains a Firefox-compatible Adobe Flash Player Web browser plug-in. Multiple input validation flaws were found in the way Flash Player displayed certain SWF (Shockwave Flash) content. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted SWF file that could cause flash-plugin to crash, or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when the victim loaded a page containing the specially crafted SWF content. (CVE-2009-0520, CVE-2009-0519) It was discovered that Adobe Flash Player had an insecure RPATH (runtime library search path) set in the ELF (Executable and Linking Format) header. A local user with write access to the directory pointed to by RPATH could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Adobe Flash Player. (CVE-2009-0521) All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 10.0.22.87. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 63872 published 2013-01-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63872 title RHEL 5 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2009:0332) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_0_FLASH-PLAYER-090226.NASL description Specially crafted swf files could cause a buffer overflow in flash-player. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute code on the victim last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 39962 published 2009-07-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/39962 title openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (flash-player-560) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_1_FLASH-PLAYER-090225.NASL description Specially crafted swf files could cause a buffer overflow in flash-player. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute code on the victim last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40216 published 2009-07-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40216 title openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (flash-player-560)
Oval
accepted | 2012-12-31T04:02:11.244-05:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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description | Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 9.x before 9.0.159.0 and 10.x before 10.0.22.87 on Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges via a crafted library in a directory contained in the RPATH. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
family | windows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6160 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | deprecated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
submitted | 2009-11-30T03:25:55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title | DEPRECATED: Adobe Flash Player unspecified information disclosure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
version | 12 |
Redhat
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rpms | flash-plugin-0:10.0.22.87-1.el5 |
References
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34012
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34012
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34226
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0513
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0513
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487144
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487144
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48904
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48904
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6160
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6160