ShockWave Player ActiveX Installer Buffer Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 20975

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an ActiveX control that is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The remote host contains an ActiveX control associated with Macromedia's ShockWave Player installer that has an exploitable stack-based buffer overflow. It may be possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host subject to the user's privileges by tricking a user into visiting a malicious website.

Solution

The vendor claims the issue occurs only in the installer and that there is no need for action.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20975

File Name: shockwave_player_activex_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/25/2006

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3525

BID: 16791

Detections

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