FortiGuard Advisory (FGA-2009-39)
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Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSB09-16) 2009.November.04 Summary: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs investigates multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player. Impact: Remote Code Execution / Denial of Service (DoS). Risk: Critical. Affected Software: For a full list of affected software, please refer to the Adobe security advisory below. Additional Information: Macromedia Director (acquired by Adobe in 2005) can create movie or animation project which includes project resources, links to externally referenced files, scripting code, timeline, etc.. Director movies can only be opened with the Director version used to create the file or a newer version; some Director movies may be opened in Adobe Shockwave Player. However, several vulnerabilities exist in Shockwave Player when handling specially crafted Director movie files, which could result in arbitrary code execution or denial of service. Solutions: FortiGuard Labs released the following signatures:
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