Adobe Macromedia Flash Player unspecified SWF code execution

macromedia-swf-code-execution (25005) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Macromedia Flash Player and various other Macromedia products could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a victim's system, caused by multiple unspecified vulnerabilities regarding the handling of SWF files. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious SWF file and hosting it on a Web site or sending it to a potential victim as an email attachment, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victim's system, if the victim can be persuaded to open the malicious file.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 5.3
  Access Vector: Remote
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: None
  Integrity Impact: Partial
  Availability Impact: Partial
 
Temporal Score: 3.9
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Refer to Adobe Product Security Bulletin APSB06-03 or Microsoft Security Advisory (916208) for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Microsoft Windows:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-020. See References.

For Windows XP:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-069. See References.

Note: Microsoft originally provided a workaround for this vulnerability in MS06-020, but it was superseded by the patch released with MS06-069.

For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2006:0268-5 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2006-03-20 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2006:015 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

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

References:

Platforms Affected:

  • Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.6
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1
  • Gentoo Linux
  • Macromedia Breeze 5.1
  • Macromedia Flash Player 4.0_r12
  • Macromedia Flash Player 5.0
  • Macromedia Flash Player 5.0_r50
  • Macromedia Flash Player 6.0
  • Macromedia Flash Player 6.0.29.0
  • Macromedia Flash Player 6.0.40.0
  • Macromedia Flash Player 6.0.47.0
  • Macromedia Flash Player 6.0.65.0
  • Macromedia Flash Player 6.0.79.0
  • Macromedia Flash Player 7.0.19.0
  • Macromedia Flash Player 7.0.60.0
  • Macromedia Flash Player 7.0.61.0
  • Macromedia Flash Player 7.0_r19
  • Macromedia Flash Player 8.0.22.0
  • Macromedia Shockwave
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP2
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP1
  • Microsoft Windows XP x64 Professional
  • Novell Linux Desktop 9
  • RedHat RHEL Extras 3
  • RedHat RHEL Extras 4
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 10.0
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 9.1
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 9.2
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 9.3

Reported:

Mar 14, 2006

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