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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1430

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1870

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Player
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop

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/

• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player
• Gentoo update for Adobe products
• Red Hat update for flash-plugin