Shockwave Player <= 12.0.2.122 Memory Corruption (APSB13-18)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 67233

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a web browser plugin that is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability.

Description

The remote Windows host contains a version of Adobe's Shockwave Player that is equal to or earlier than 12.0.2.122. It is, therefore, potentially affected by a memory corruption vulnerability. A remote attacker could exploit this issue by tricking a user into viewing a malicious Shockwave file, resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.3.133 or later.

See Also

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-18.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 67233

File Name: shockwave_player_apsb13-18.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/10/2013

Updated: 11/27/2019

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-2013-3348

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player

Required KB Items: SMB/shockwave_player

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-3348

BID: 61040