Adobe Shockwave Player ActiveX Control ShockwaveVersion Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:26388

Info

Adobe Shockwave Player ActiveX Control ShockwaveVersion Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 26388
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2007-5941
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 08 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 20 2007 06:04PM
Credit: Elazar Broad discovered this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Adobe Shockwave Player 10.2 .023
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Adobe Shockwave Player ActiveX Control ShockwaveVersion Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Adobe Shockwave Player ActiveX Control is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to trigger denial-of-service conditions in Internet Explorer or other applications that use the vulnerable ActiveX control.

Adobe Shockwave Player 10 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Adobe Shockwave Player ActiveX Control ShockwaveVersion Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

To exploit these issues, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to view a malicious webpage.

A proof of concept is available:

Solution / Fix

Adobe Shockwave Player ActiveX Control ShockwaveVersion Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

References

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