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Credit:
The original article can be found at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-081/
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Vulnerable Systems:
* Adobe Flash Player
User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within construction of a specific ActionScript3 object. Due to improper type checking in the implementation of the constructor, an alternative type can be provided as an argument to the constructor and stored as a property. When this object is applied to a bitmap copy, the application will corrupt memory. This can lead to code execution under the context of the application.
Patch Availability:
Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-02.html
CVE Information:
CVE-2011-0578
Disclosure Timeline:
2010-11-15 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2011-02-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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