Flash Player HTTP Header CRLF Injection (APSB06-18)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23869

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a browser plugin that is affected by multiple HTTP header injection issues.

Description

According to its version number, the instance of Flash Player on the remote Windows host contains two ways for a remote attacker to perform arbitrary HTTP requests while controlling most of the HTTP headers. A remote attacker may be able to leverage these issues to conduct cross-site request forgery attacks against a user who visits a malicious website.

Solution

Upgrade to Flash Player version 9.0.28.0 / 8.0.34.0 / 7.0.67.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23869

File Name: flash_player_apsb06-18.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 12/15/2006

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player

Required KB Items: SMB/Flash_Player/installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5330

BID: 20592, 20593

CWE: 79

Detections

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