Memory corruption in Shockwave Player - CVE-2010-3653

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing Adobe Director file with a specific value in an "rcsL" field causing an array-indexing error. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Adobe Director file, trick the victim into opening it, cause memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in compromise of vulnerable system.

Note: this vulnerability is being actively exploited.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2010-3653

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

• Exploit #680 - Adobe Shockwave Player - rcsL Memory Corruption (Metasploit) (March 18, 2020)
• Exploit #681 - Adobe Shockwave Player - rcsL chunk memory Corruption (March 18, 2020)
• Exploit #1702 - Adobe Shockwave rcsL Memory Corruption (March 18, 2020)

External References

• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-04.html
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-25.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/402231
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15296/

Related Security Bulletins

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player