Information disclosure in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR - CVE-2009-1870

 

Information disclosure in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR - CVE-2009-1870

Published: December 20, 2016 / Updated: March 16, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1430
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1870
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper access control. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted SWF file, trick the victim into opening it, bypass the Security Sandbox model, scan ports, and obtain sensitive information.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure on the vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2009-1870

Update Adobe Flash Player 9.x and earlier to version 9.0.246.0:
http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html#fp9
Update Adobe Flash Player 10.x to version 10.0.32.18:
http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer
Update Adobe Air to version 1.5.2.
http://get.adobe.com/air/


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