[PCWorks] UNPATCHED Warning: Adobe Reader/Acrobat/Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:34:16 -0500
TITLE:
Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability
Adobe Reader/Acrobat authplay.dll Code Execution Vulnerability
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
http://secunia.com/advisories/44119/
Software:
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x +
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player, which
can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when
parsing
certain Flash content and allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in the following versions:
* Adobe Flash Player 10.2.153.1 and earlier versions for
Windows,
Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris
* Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.25 and earlier for Chrome
* Adobe Flash Player 10.2.156.12 and earlier for Android
The vulnerability is caused due to a vulnerable bundled version
of
Flash Player (authplay.dll).
NOTE: The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited
via
Office Word documents (.doc) containing malicious Flash
content.
SOLUTION:
Do not visit untrusted sites nor open untrusted files.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.html
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2011/04/security-advisory-for-adobe-flash-player-adobe-reader-and-acrobat-apsa11-02.html
contagio:
http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2011/04/apr-8-cve-2011-0611-flash-player-zero.html
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