Rule

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Sid
17457

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in flash player.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
Macromedia Flash 6 and 7 (Flash.ocx) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SWF file with a modified frame type identifier that is used as an out-of-bounds array index to a function pointer.

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Affected Systems:
macromedia flash player 6.0
macromedia flash player 6.0.29.0
macromedia flash player 6.0.40.0
macromedia flash player 6.0.47.0
macromedia flash player 6.0.65.0
macromedia flash player 6.0.79.0
macromedia flash player 7.0.19.0
macromedia flash player 7.0 r19

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Attack Scenarios:
In an SQL injection attack, the attacker is able to coerce the application into running SQL queries of the attackers choosing. This can lead to a complete compromise of the data stored in the system as well as the attacker being able to gain administrative access to the application.

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Ease of Attack:
Medium.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2005-2628:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2005-2628
 
Common Weakness Enumeration:
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
 
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification:
http://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/66.html

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