Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.257 on Windows and Mac OS X; before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.2.202.236 on Linux; before 11.1.111.10 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.9 on Android 4.x, and Adobe AIR before 3.3.0.3610, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in an unspecified directory.

Adobe Flash Player was updated to 11.2.202.236, fixing lots of bugs and critical security issues.

We also disabled inclusion of mms.cfg again, as it caused trouble on hardware accelerated systems.

Flash Player has been updated to 11.2.202.236 which fixes various bugs and critical security issues.

The advisory published by Adobe can be found here:
https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-14.html

These updates resolve

  - a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to     code execution. (CVE-2012-2034)

  - a stack overflow vulnerability that could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2012-2035)

  - an integer overflow vulnerability that could lead to     code execution. (CVE-2012-2036)

  - a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to     code execution. (CVE-2012-2037)

  - a security bypass vulnerability that could lead to     information disclosure. (CVE-2012-2038)

  - null dereference vulnerabilities that could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2012-2039)

  - a binary planting vulnerability in the Flash Player     installer that could lead to code execution.
    (CVE-2012-2040)

Adobe reports :

These vulnerabilities could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201206-21 (Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player.
      Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted SWF       file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the       privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Flash Player was updated to 11.2.202.236 which fixes various bugs and critical security issues.

The advisory published by Adobe can be found here:
https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-14.html

These updates resolve

  - a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to     code execution. (CVE-2012-2034)

  - a stack overflow vulnerability that could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2012-2035)

  - an integer overflow vulnerability that could lead to     code execution. (CVE-2012-2036)

  - a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to     code execution. (CVE-2012-2037)

  - a security bypass vulnerability that could lead to     information disclosure. (CVE-2012-2038)

  - null dereference vulnerabilities that could lead to code     execution. (CVE-2012-2039)

  - a binary planting vulnerability in the Flash Player     installer that could lead to code execution.
    (CVE-2012-2040)

According to its version, the instance of Flash Player installed on the remote Mac OS X host is 10.x equal to or earlier than 10.3.183.19 or 11.x equal to or earlier than 11.3.300.256.  It is, therefore, potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist that     could lead to code execution.     (CVE-2012-2034, CVE-2012-2037)

  - A stack overflow vulnerability exists that could lead to     code execution. (CVE-2012-2035)

  - An integer overflow vulnerability exists that could lead     to code execution. (CVE-2012-2036)

  - A security bypass vulnerability exists that could lead     to information disclosure. (CVE-2012-2038)

  - A null dereference vulnerability exists that could lead     to code execution. (CVE-2012-2039)

  - A binary planting vulnerability exists in the Flash     Player installer that could lead to code execution.
    (CVE-2012-2040)

According to its version, the instance of Flash Player installed on the remote Windows host is 10.x equal to or earlier than 10.3.183.19 or 11.x equal to or earlier than 11.3.300.256.  It is, therefore, potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist that     could lead to code execution. (CVE-2012-2034,     CVE-2012-2037)

  - A stack overflow vulnerability exists that could lead to     code execution. (CVE-2012-2035)

  - An integer overflow vulnerability exists that could lead     to code execution. (CVE-2012-2036)

  - A security bypass vulnerability exists that could lead     to information disclosure. (CVE-2012-2038)

  - A null dereference vulnerability exists that could lead     to code execution. (CVE-2012-2039)

  - A binary planting vulnerability exists in the Flash     Player installer that could lead to code execution.
    (CVE-2012-2040)

Versions of Flash Player earlier than 10.3.189.19 / 11.3.300.256 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2012-2034, CVE-2012-2037)
  - A stack overflow vulnerability exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2012-2035)
  - An integer overflow vulnerability exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2012-2036)
  - A security bypass vulnerability exists that could lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2012-2038)
  - A null dereference vulnerability exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2012-2039)
  - A binary planting vulnerability exists in the Flash Player installer that could lead to code execution.(CVE-2012-2040)


ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
74647	openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2012:0723-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
64138	SuSE 11.1 Security Update : flash-player (SAT Patch Number 6404)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
62814	FreeBSD : linux-flashplugin -- multiple vulnerabilities (36533a59-2770-11e2-bb44-003067b2972c)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
59674	GLSA-201206-21 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
59451	SuSE 10 Security Update : flash-player (ZYPP Patch Number 8182)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
59439	FreeBSD : linux-flashplugin -- multiple vulnerabilities (38195f00-b215-11e1-8132-003067b2972c)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
59428	Flash Player for Mac <= 10.3.183.19 / 11.3.300.256 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-14)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
59426	Flash Player <= 10.3.183.19 / 11.3.300.256 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-14)	Nessus	Windows	high
6545	Flash Player < 10.3.183.20 / 11.3.300.257 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-14)	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2012-2040

high

Tenable Plugins

critical

critical

critical

high

critical

high

high

high

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