Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-0521 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player FOR Linux

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
adobe
linux
CWE-200
nessus

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. http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html "This update prevents a potential Linux-only information disclosure issue in the Flash Player binary that could lead to privilege escalation. (CVE-2009-0521)"

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 familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_FLASH-PLAYER-6022.NASL
    descriptionSpecially crafted swf files could cause a buffer overflow in flash-player. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute code on the victim
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35747
    published2009-02-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35747
    titleopenSUSE 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 familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2009-0334.NASL
    descriptionAn 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id63873
    published2013-01-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63873
    titleRHEL 3 / 4 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2009:0334)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_FLASH-PLAYER-6020.NASL
    descriptionSpecially crafted swf files could cause a buffer overflow in flash-player. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute code on the victim
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id51730
    published2011-01-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/51730
    titleSuSE 10 Security Update : flash-player (ZYPP Patch Number 6020)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200903-23.NASL
    descriptionThe 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35904
    published2009-03-11
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35904
    titleGLSA-200903-23 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_FLASH-PLAYER-090316.NASL
    descriptionSpecially crafted swf files could cause a buffer overflow in flash-player. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute code on the victim
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id41391
    published2009-09-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41391
    titleSuSE 11 Security Update : flash-player (SAT Patch Number 612)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2009-0332.NASL
    descriptionAn 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id63872
    published2013-01-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63872
    titleRHEL 5 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2009:0332)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_0_FLASH-PLAYER-090226.NASL
    descriptionSpecially crafted swf files could cause a buffer overflow in flash-player. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute code on the victim
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id39962
    published2009-07-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/39962
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : flash-player (flash-player-560)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_1_FLASH-PLAYER-090225.NASL
    descriptionSpecially crafted swf files could cause a buffer overflow in flash-player. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute code on the victim
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id40216
    published2009-07-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40216
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : flash-player (flash-player-560)

Oval

accepted2012-12-31T04:02:11.244-05:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • namePrabhu S A
    organizationSecPod Technologies
  • nameJ. Daniel Brown
    organizationDTCC
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameMaria Kedovskaya
    organizationALTX-SOFT
  • nameMaria Kedovskaya
    organizationALTX-SOFT
  • nameMaria Mikhno
    organizationALTX-SOFT
definition_extensions
commentAdobe Flash Player is installed
ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:6700
descriptionUntrusted 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.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6160
statusdeprecated
submitted2009-11-30T03:25:55
titleDEPRECATED: Adobe Flash Player unspecified information disclosure
version12

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2009:0332
rpmsflash-plugin-0:10.0.22.87-1.el5