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Flash Player < 6.0.79.0 Multiple Unspecified Overflows

🗓️ 06 Mar 2003 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Remote Flash Player versions below 6.0.79.0 are vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks.

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nessuswww.nessus.org/u
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(11323);
  script_version("1.34");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");
  script_bugtraq_id(7005);

  script_name(english:"Flash Player < 6.0.79.0 Multiple Unspecified Overflows");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Windows host has a browser plugin that is prone to buffer
overflow attacks.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host has an old version of the Flash Player plugin
installed. 

An attacker may use this flaw to construct a malicious website with a
badly-formed Flash animation that, when viewed using a vulnerable
version of the software, will cause a buffer overflow and allow for
arbitrary code execution subject to the plugin user's privileges.");
  # http://web.archive.org/web/20060627235200/http://www.adobe.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb03-03.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?97e55111");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to version 6.0.79.0 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/03/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2003/03/06");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2022 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("flash_player_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("SMB/Flash_Player/installed");

  exit(0);
}

#

if (!get_kb_item("SMB/Flash_Player/installed")) exit(0);


# Identify vulnerable versions.
info = "";

foreach variant (make_list("Plugin", "ActiveX"))
{
  vers = get_kb_list("SMB/Flash_Player/"+variant+"/Version/*");
  files = get_kb_list("SMB/Flash_Player/"+variant+"/File/*");
  if (!isnull(vers) && !isnull(files))
  {
    foreach key (keys(vers))
    {
      num = key - ("SMB/Flash_Player/"+variant+"/Version/");

      ver = vers[key];
      if (ver)
      {
        iver = split(ver, sep:'.', keep:FALSE);
        for (i=0; i<max_index(iver); i++)
          iver[i] = int(iver[i]);

        if (
          iver[0] < 6 ||
          (iver[0] == 6 && iver[1] == 0 && iver[2] < 79)
        )
        {
          file = files["SMB/Flash_Player/"+variant+"/File/"+num];
          if (variant == "Plugin")
          {
            info += '  - Browser Plugin (for Firefox / Netscape / Opera) :\n';
          }
          else if (variant == "ActiveX")
          {
            info += '  - ActiveX control (for Internet Explorer) :\n';
          }
          info += '    ' + file + ', ' + ver + '\n';
        }
      }
    }
  }
}


if (info)
{
  report = string(
    "Nessus has identified the following vulnerable instance(s) of Flash\n",
    "Player installed on the remote host :\n",
    "\n",
    info
  );
  security_hole(port:get_kb_item("SMB/transport"), extra:report);
}

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