Shockwave Player <= 12.0.9.149 Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB14-10)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 72983

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Windows host contains a version of Adobe's Shockwave Player that is prior to or equal to 12.0.9.149. It is, therefore, potentially affected by an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability. A remote attacker could exploit this issue by tricking a user into viewing a malicious Shockwave file, resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Shockwave Player 12.1.0.150 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 72983

File Name: shockwave_player_apsb14-10.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/13/2014

Updated: 11/26/2019

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-2014-0505

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player

Required KB Items: SMB/shockwave_player

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0505

BID: 66182

Detections

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