Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-4189 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player

047910
CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
adobe
CWE-119
critical
nessus

Summary

The IML32 module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.620 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Director movie containing a GIF image with a crafted global color table size value, which causes an out-of-range pointer offset.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SHOCKWAVE_PLAYER_APSB11-01.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Mac OS X host contains a version of Adobe Shockwave Player that is 11.5.9.615 or earlier. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Several unspecified errors exist in the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id80175
    published2014-12-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80175
    titleAdobe Shockwave Player <= 11.5.9.615 (APSB11-01) (Mac OS X)
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idSHOCKWAVE_PLAYER_APSB11-01.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Windows host contains a version of Adobe
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id51936
    published2011-02-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/51936
    titleShockwave Player < 11.5.9.620 (APSB11-01)