Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-0501 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
adobe
CWE-119
critical
nessus

Summary

Adobe Shockwave Player before 12.0.9.149 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0500.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Adobe
60

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_APSB14-06.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Mac OS X host contains a version of Adobe Shockwave Player that is prior to or equal to 12.0.7.148. It is, therefore, affected by two unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities. A remote attacker can exploit these issues by tricking a user into viewing a malicious Shockwave file, resulting in arbitrary code execution.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id80188
    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/80188
    titleAdobe Shockwave Player <= 12.0.7.148 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB14-06) (Mac OS X)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(80188);
      script_version("1.5");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/25");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0500", "CVE-2014-0501");
      script_bugtraq_id(65490, 65493);
    
      script_name(english:"Adobe Shockwave Player <= 12.0.7.148 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB14-06) (Mac OS X)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Shockwave Player.");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "The remote Mac OS X host contains a web browser plugin that is
    affected by multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "The remote Mac OS X host contains a version of Adobe Shockwave Player
    that is prior to or equal to 12.0.7.148. It is, therefore, affected by
    two unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities. A remote attacker
    can exploit these issues by tricking a user into viewing a malicious
    Shockwave file, resulting in arbitrary code execution.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/shockwave/apsb14-06.html");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Upgrade to Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.9.149 or later.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2014-0501");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/02/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/02/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/22");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
    
      script_dependencies("shockwave_player_detect_macosx.nbin");
      script_require_keys("installed_sw/Shockwave Player", "Host/MacOSX/Version");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    include("install_func.inc");
    
    os = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/Version");
    if (!os) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X");
    
    app = 'Shockwave Player';
    
    get_install_count(app_name:app, exit_if_zero:TRUE);
    
    install = get_single_install(app_name:app, exit_if_unknown_ver:TRUE);
    
    ver = install['version'];
    path = install['path'];
    
    if (ver_compare(ver:ver, fix:'12.0.7.148', strict:FALSE) <= 0)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0)
      {
        report =
          '\n  Path              : ' + path +
          '\n  Installed version : ' + ver +
          '\n  Fixed versions    : 12.0.9.149' +
          '\n';
        security_hole(port:0, extra:report);
      }
      else security_hole(port:0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_INST_PATH_NOT_VULN, app, ver, path);
    
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idSHOCKWAVE_PLAYER_APSB14-06.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Windows host contains a version of Adobe
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id72435
    published2014-02-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72435
    titleShockwave Player <= 12.0.7.148 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB14-06)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(72435);
      script_version("1.7");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/26");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0500", "CVE-2014-0501");
      script_bugtraq_id(65490, 65493);
    
      script_name(english:"Shockwave Player <= 12.0.7.148 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB14-06)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks version of Shockwave Player");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "The remote Windows host contains a web browser plugin that is affected
    by multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "The remote Windows host contains a version of Adobe's Shockwave Player
    that is prior to or equal to 12.0.7.148.  It is, therefore, potentially
    affected by two unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities.  A remote
    attacker could exploit these issues by tricking a user into viewing a
    malicious Shockwave file, resulting in arbitrary code execution.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/shockwave/apsb14-06.html");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Upgrade to Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.9.149 or later.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2014-0501");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/02/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/02/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/02/12");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"Windows");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
    
      script_dependencies("shockwave_player_apsb09_08.nasl");
      script_require_keys("SMB/shockwave_player");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    
    installs = get_kb_list_or_exit("SMB/shockwave_player/*/path");
    
    appname = "Shockwave Player";
    
    latest_vuln_version = "12.0.7.148"; # versions <= this version are vuln
    fix = "12.0.9.149";
    
    info = NULL;
    pattern = "SMB/shockwave_player/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/path";
    
    vuln = 0;
    foreach install (keys(installs))
    {
      match = eregmatch(string:install, pattern:pattern);
      if (!match) exit(1, "Unexpected format of KB key '" + install + "'.");
    
      file = installs[install];
      variant = match[1];
      version = match[2];
    
      if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:latest_vuln_version) <= 0)
      {
        if (variant == "Plugin")
          info += '\n  Variant           : Browser Plugin (for Firefox / Netscape / Opera)';
        else if (variant == "ActiveX")
          info += '\n  Variant           : ActiveX control (for Internet Explorer)';
        info +=
          '\n  File              : ' + file +
          '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
          '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fix + '\n';
        vuln++;
      }
    }
    
    if (!info) audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, appname);
    
    port = get_kb_item("SMB/transport");
    if (!port) port = 445;
    
    if (report_verbosity > 0)
    {
      if (vuln > 1) s = "s";
      else s = "";
    
      report =
        '\n' + 'Nessus has identified the following vulnerable instance' + s + ' of Shockwave'+
        '\n' + 'Player installed on the remote host :' +
        '\n' +
        info + '\n';
      security_hole(port:port, extra:report);
    }
    else security_hole(port);
    

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBUGTRAQ ID: 65490 CVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2014-0500 Adobe Shockwave Player是播放使用Macromedia和Adobe Director制作的网页内容的软件。 Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.7.148及之前版本在实现上存在远程内存破坏漏洞,攻击者可利用此漏洞在受影响应用用户上下文中执行任意代码。 0 Adobe Shockwave Player &lt; 12.0.7.148 厂商补丁: Adobe ----- Adobe已经为此发布了一个安全公告(apsb14-06)以及相应补丁: apsb14-06:Adobe Shockwave Player Security Update for February 2014 链接:http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/shockwave/apsb14-06.html
idSSV:61447
last seen2017-11-19
modified2014-02-13
published2014-02-13
reporterRoot
titleAdobe Shockwave Player内存破坏漏洞(CVE-2014-0501)

The Hacker News

idTHN:C7876F48610E23AEA16D6EADC08A9725
last seen2018-01-27
modified2014-02-12
published2014-02-11
reporterWang Wei
sourcehttps://thehackernews.com/2014/02/Adobe-Shockwave-Player-Critical-Remote-Code-Execution-Vulnerabilities.html
titleUpdate Adobe Shockwave Player to fix Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities