====================================================================== Secunia Research 20/01/2010 - Adobe Shockwave Player 3D Model Buffer Overflow - ====================================================================== 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 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software * Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.2.602 NOTE: Other versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Highly critical Impact: System access Where: From remote ====================================================================== 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/ ====================================================================== 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 a boundary error when processing Shockwave 3D models. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted Shockwave file. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. ====================================================================== 5) Solution Update to version 11.5.6.606 or later. ====================================================================== 6) Time Table 22/12/2009 - Vendor notified. 22/12/2009 - Vendor response. 16/01/2010 - Vendor provides status update. 20/01/2010 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 7) Credits Discovered by Alin Rad Pop, Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2009-4002 for the vulnerability. ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/ Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. http://secunia.com/advisories/ Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/ Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/ ====================================================================== 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-61/ Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ ======================================================================