Macromedia Flash Undocumented Action File Access Vulnerability

BID:4321

Info

Macromedia Flash Undocumented Action File Access Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4321
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2002-0477
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 20 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 11:56AM
Credit: Credited to Vengy <[email protected]> and published in a Macromedia Flash Support Center Technote.
Vulnerable: Macromedia Flash 5.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 95 SR2
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Macromedia Flash Undocumented Action File Access Vulnerability

An issue has been reported in Flash, which could allow for a remote user to access known local files. The undocumented FSCommand 'exec' action, is used to execute external applications. In order to utilize this command the absolute path to the requested application must be argumented.

This issue is being exploited by a virus called SWF/LFM, please see reference section for more details on this malicious code.

Exploit / POC

Macromedia Flash Undocumented Action File Access Vulnerability

This issue is being exploited by a virus called SWF/LFM, please see reference section for more details on this malicious code.

References

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