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Adobe Shockwave Player <= 11.6.5.635 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB12-17) (Mac OS X)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 80181
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Synopsis
The remote Mac OS X host contains a web browser plugin that is affected by multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities.Description
The remote Mac OS X host contains a version of Adobe Shockwave Player that is 11.6.5.635 or earlier, It is, therefore, affected by multiple unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities.A remote attacker can exploit these issues by tricking a user into viewing a malicious Shockwave file, resulting in arbitrary code execution.
Solution
Upgrade to Adobe Shockwave Player 11.6.6.636 or later.See Also
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-17.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 80181
File Name: macosx_shockwave_player_apsb12-17.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: macosx
Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks
Published: 12/22/2014
Updated: 4/11/2022
Configuration: Enable thorough checks
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2047
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Shockwave Player, Host/MacOSX/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-2043, CVE-2012-2044, CVE-2012-2045, CVE-2012-2046, CVE-2012-2047