FortiGuard Advisory (FGA-2010-24)

Fortinet Discovers Multiple Adobe Shockwave Player Vulnerabilities (APSB10-12)
2010.May.12

Summary:

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered seven vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player that could compromise the affected system.

Impact:

System Compromise

Risk:

Critical

Affected Software:

For a list of Adobe versions affected, please see the references below.

Additional Information:
  • Memory Corruption occurs when Shockwave Player parses ".dir" media file that can lead to exploitation. (CVE-2010-1280,CVE-2010-1286,CVE-2010-1287,CVE-2010-1289,CVE-2010-1290,CVE-2010-1291).
  • Heap overflow that can lead to exploitation. (CVE-2010-1288).

Vulnerabilities are being exploited to run malicious code on the affected system.

Solutions:
  • Users should apply the solution provided by Adobe.
  • FortiGuard Labs released the following signatures to protect against these vulnerabilities
    • "Adobe.Shockwave.Player.Dir.Invalid.Length.Code.Execution", previously released as "FG-VD-10-013-Adobe" (CVE-2010-1280)
    • "Adobe.Shockwave.Player.Dir.File.DEMX.Tag.Memory.Corruption", previously released as "FG-VD-10-004-Adobe" (CVE-2010-1286)
    • "Adobe.Shockwave.Player.Dir.File.Length.Field.Memory.Corruption", previously released as "_FG-VD-10-006-Adobe" (CVE-2010-1287)
    • "Adobe.Shockwave.Player.Dir.File.Parsing.Heap.Exhaustion", previously released as "FG-VD-10-007-Adobe" (CVE-2010-1288)
    • "Adobe.Shockwave.Player.Dir.File.Handling.Memory.Corruption", previously released as "FG-VD-10-008-Adobe" (CVE-2010-1289)
    • "Adobe.Shockwave.Player.IML32.Dll.Memory.Corruption", previously released as "FG-VD-10-011-Adobe" (CVE-2010-1290)
    • "Adobe.Shockwave.Player.Dir.File.Parsing.Access.Violation", previously released as "FG-VD-10-009-Adobe" (CVE-2010-1291)


References:

Acknowledgment:
  • Honggang Ren of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs (CVE-2010-1280,CVE-2010-1286,CVE-2010-1287,CVE-2010-1289,CVE-2010-1290,CVE-2010-1291,CVE-2010-1288).


Disclaimer:

Although Fortinet has attempted to provide accurate information in these materials, Fortinet assumes no legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information. More specific information is available on request from Fortinet. Please note that Fortinet's product information does not constitute or contain any guarantee, warranty or legally binding representation, unless expressly identified as such in a duly signed writing.

About Fortinet ( www.fortinet.com ):

Fortinet is the pioneer and leading provider of ASIC-accelerated unified threat management, or UTM, security systems, which are used by enterprises and service providers to increase their security while reducing total operating costs. Fortinet solutions were built from the ground up to integrate multiple levels of security protection--including firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention, VPN, spyware prevention and anti-spam -- designed to help customers protect against network and content level threats. Leveraging a custom ASIC and unified interface, Fortinet solutions offer advanced security functionality that scales from remote office to chassis-based solutions with integrated management and reporting. Fortinet solutions have won multiple awards around the world and are the only security products that are certified in six programs by ICSA Labs: (Firewall, Antivirus, IPSec, SSL, Network IPS, and Anti-Spyware). Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.