Memory corruption in Shockwave Player - CVE-2010-3653

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

How to mitigate CVE-2010-3653

Sources

• 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/