Adobe Flash Player invalid pointer integer overflow (Swf_Suspicious_ActionScript)

About this signature or vulnerability

Proventia Desktop, Proventia Network IPS, RealSecure Network, RealSecure Server Sensor, Proventia Network MFS, Proventia Network IDS, Proventia-G 1.1 and earlier, IBM Security Server Protection for Windows, Virtual Server Protection for Vmware, Proventia Server IPS for Linux technology:

This signature detects the transfer of a SWF file (Flash animation) containing a suspicious ActionScript definition that may be used to obfuscate an attacker's malicious actions.


False positives

Proventia Desktop, Proventia Network IPS, RealSecure Network, RealSecure Server Sensor, Proventia Network MFS, Proventia Network IDS, Proventia-G 1.1 and earlier, IBM Security Server Protection for Windows, Virtual Server Protection for Vmware, Proventia Server IPS for Linux technology: This signature could be triggered by non-malicious SWF files that have extensive custom atypical ActionScript code.

Default risk level

High risk vulnerability  High

Sensors that have this signature

Proventia Desktop: 2400, Proventia Network IPS: XPU 29.060, RealSecure Network: XPU 29.060, RealSecure Server Sensor: XPU 29.060, Proventia Network MFS: XPU 29.060, Proventia Network IDS: XPU 29.060, Proventia-G 1.1 and earlier: XPU 29.060, IBM Security Server Protection for Windows: 1.0.914.2400, IBM Security Server Protection for Windows: 2.0.300.2400, IBM Security Server Protection for Windows: 2.1.14.2400, Virtual Server Protection for Vmware: 1.0, Proventia Server IPS for Linux technology: 29.060

Systems affected

Gentoo Linux, SUSE SuSE Linux: 9.0, Novell Linux Desktop: 9, Sun Solaris: 10 SPARC, Sun Solaris: 10 x86, RedHat RHEL Extras: 3, RedHat RHEL Extras: 4, Adobe Flash Player: 9, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop: 10 SP1, RedHat RHEL Desktop Supplementary: 5 Client, RedHat RHEL Supplementary: 5 Server, Apple Mac OS X: 10.5, Apple Mac OS X Server: 10.5, Apple Mac OS X: 10.4.11, Apple Mac OS X: 10.5.1, Apple Mac OS X Server: 10.4.11, Apple Mac OS X Server: 10.5.1, Adobe Flash Player: 9.0.28, Adobe Flash Player: 9.0.31, Adobe Flash Player: 8.0.34.0, Adobe Flash Player: 8.0.35.0, Adobe Flash Player: 9.0.45.0, Adobe Flash Player: 9.0.47.0, Adobe Flash Player: 9.0.48.0, Adobe Flash Player: 9.0.115.0, Adobe Flash Player: 8.0, Adobe Flash Player: 9.0.16, Adobe Flash Player: 9.0.18d60, Adobe Flash Player: 9.0.20.0, Adobe Flash Player: 9.0.28.0, Adobe Flash Player: 9.0.31.0, Apple Mac OS X: 10.5.2, Apple Mac OS X Server: 10.5.2, Adobe Flex: 3.0, Adobe AIR: 1.0, Adobe Flash Player: 8.0.24.0, Adobe Flash Player: 9.0.114.0, Adobe Flash Player: 9.0.20, Novell OpenSUSE: 10.2, Novell OpenSUSE: 10.3, Sun OpenSolaris: 2008.5 x86, Sun OpenSolaris: 2008.5 SPARC, Adobe Flash Player: 8.0.39.0

Type

Unauthorized Access Attempt

Vulnerability description

Adobe Flash Player is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow vulnerability in the processing of multimedia files containing a specific tag. By persuading a victim to open a malicious multimedia file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.

How to remove this vulnerability

Refer to APSB08-11 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information.

Update Adobe Flash Player to 9.0.124.0. See References.

For Mac OS X:
Apply Security Update 2008-003, available from the Apple Web site. See References.

For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.

References

IBM Internet Security Systems Protection Advisory, April 8, 2008
Adobe Flash Player Invalid Pointer Vulnerability
http://www.iss.net/threats/289.html

APSB08-11
Flash Player update available to address security vulnerabilities
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-11.html

SANS - Internet Storm Center, 2008-05-27
Adobe flash player vuln
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4465

Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) Blog, May 27, 2008 11:05 AM
Potential Flash Player issue
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2008/05/potential_flash_player_issue.html

Dancho Danchev's Blog, Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Malware Attack Exploiting Flash Zero Day Vulnerability
http://ddanchev.blogspot.com/2008/05/malware-attack-exploiting-flash-zero.html

Apple Web site
About the security content of Security Update 2008-003 / Mac OS X 10.5.3
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1897

Sun Alert ID: 238305
Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Flash Player for Solaris
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238305-1

NORTEL BULLETIN ID: 2008008954, Rev 1
Nortel Response to Sun Alert 238305 - Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Flash Player for Solaris 10
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=745016

ZDI-08-032
Adobe Flash DefineSceneAndFrameLabelData Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-032/

ISS X-Force
Adobe Flash Player invalid pointer integer overflow
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/37277.php

CVE
CVE-2007-0071
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0071