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Credit:
The information has been provided by Logan Brown and Aaron Portnoy.
The original article can be found at: http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-11-09
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Vulnerable Systems:
* Adobe Shockwave 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 the CSWV chunk inside Adobe's RIFF-based Director file format. The code within the IML32.dll does not properly parse byte arrays. This can lead to memory corruption which can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code under the context of the user running the browser.
Vendor Response
Patch Availability:
Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-17.html
CVE Information:
CVE-2011-2111
Disclosure Timeline:
2011-04-25 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2011-06-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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