Shockwave Player <= 11.6.5.635 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB12-17)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 61536

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a web browser plugin that is affected by multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote Windows host contains a version of Adobe's Shockwave Player that is 11.6.5.635 or earlier and is, therefore, potentially affected by multiple 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.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Shockwave Player 11.6.6.636 or later.

See Also

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-17.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 61536

File Name: shockwave_player_apsb12-17.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/15/2012

Updated: 12/4/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2047

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player

Required KB Items: SMB/shockwave_player

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2043, CVE-2012-2044, CVE-2012-2045, CVE-2012-2046, CVE-2012-2047

BID: 55025, 55028, 55029, 55030, 55031