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Adobe AIR <= 3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-28)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 56959

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Synopsis

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

Description

According to its version, the instance of Adobe AIR installed on the remote Windows host is 3.0 or earlier and is reportedly affected by several critical vulnerabilities :

 - Several unspecified memory corruption errors exist that could lead to code execution.
 (CVE-2011-2445, CVE-2011-2451, CVE-2011-2452, CVE-2011-2453, CVE-2011-2454, CVE-2011-2455, CVE-2011-2459, CVE-2011-2460)

 - An unspecified heap corruption error exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2011-2450)

 - An unspecified buffer overflow error exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2011-2456)

 - An unspecified stack overflow error exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2011-2457)

 - An unspecified error related to Internet Explorer can allow cross-domain policy violations. (CVE-2011-2458)

By tricking a user on the affected system into opening a specially crafted document with Flash content, an attacker could leverage these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code remotely on the system subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe AIR 3.1 (3.1.0.4880) or later.

See Also

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-28.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 56959

File Name: adobe_air_apsb11-28.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/28/2011

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:air

Required KB Items: SMB/Adobe_AIR/Version, SMB/Adobe_AIR/Path

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2445, CVE-2011-2450, CVE-2011-2451, CVE-2011-2452, CVE-2011-2453, CVE-2011-2454, CVE-2011-2455, CVE-2011-2456, CVE-2011-2457, CVE-2011-2458, CVE-2011-2459, CVE-2011-2460

BID: 50618, 50619, 50620, 50621, 50622, 50623, 50624, 50625, 50626, 50627, 50628, 50629