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Adobe Flash Player AVM2 newfunction Memory Corruption RCE

IdentifiersCVE-2010-1297CWE-119

CVE-2010-1297 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player’s handling of crafted SWF content, specifically related to authplay.dll and the ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 (AVM2) newfunction instruction. Affected products include Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64; Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610; and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3 and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, due to embedded Flash support. By supplying malicious SWF content, a remote attacker can trigger memory corruption that can result in arbitrary code execution or application crash. The vulnerability was exploited in the wild in June 2010, and public exploit code was noted as available.

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Successful exploitation can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application or cause a denial of service via memory corruption. In practical terms, this can lead to full compromise of the user session and potentially the host, particularly when exploited through browsers, Adobe Reader, or Acrobat rendering attacker-controlled SWF content. The vulnerability was actively exploited in the wild and was incorporated into exploit packs.

Mitigation

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If immediate patching is not possible, disable Flash in web browsers and in Adobe Reader/Acrobat, remove or rename Flash and 3D & Multimedia support plug-ins where operationally feasible, enable DEP on Windows, disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, prevent automatic opening of PDF documents in browsers, and remove Flash Player entirely if it is not required.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade affected software to fixed versions: Adobe Flash Player 9.0.277.0 or later, Flash Player 10.1.53.64 or later, Adobe AIR 2.0.2.12610 or later, Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.3 or later, and 8.2.3 or later for the 8.x branch. Apply all relevant Adobe security updates for products embedding Flash support, including Reader and Acrobat.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

Exploits

No valid public exploits. Mallory filtered out 2 candidates as fakes, detection scripts, or README-only repos.

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Affected products & vendors

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VendorProductType
AdobeAcrobatapplication
AdobeAirapplication
AdobeFlash Playerapplication
OpensuseOpensuseoperating_system
SuseLinux Enterpriseoperating_system

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