Adobe AIR for Mac 3.x <= 3.5.0.600 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-27)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 63243

Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host contains a version of Adobe AIR that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its version, the instance of Adobe AIR 3.x on the remote Mac OS X host is 3.5.0.600 or earlier. It is, therefore, reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- An unspecified error exists that can allow a buffer overflow and arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2012-5676)

- An unspecified error exists that can allow an integer overflow and arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2012-5677)

- An unspecified error exists that can lead to memory corruption and arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2012-5678)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe AIR 3.5.0.890 or later.

See Also

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-021/

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-27.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 63243

File Name: macosx_adobe_air_3_5_0_890.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 12/12/2012

Updated: 12/4/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5678

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:air

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Adobe_AIR/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5676, CVE-2012-5677, CVE-2012-5678

BID: 56892, 56896, 56898