Zero-day vulnerability in Shockwave Player

Memory corruption
CVE-2010-3653

Known malware:

Win32/Exploit.CVE-2010-3653.A

Vulnerability details

Advisory: SB2010102103 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player

Vulnerable component: Shockwave Player

CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3653

CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Description:

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing Adobe Director file with a specific value in an "rcsL" field causing an array-indexing error. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Adobe Director file, trick the victim into opening it, cause memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in compromise of vulnerable system.

Note: this vulnerability is being actively exploited.

Public Exploits:

- Adobe Shockwave Player - rcsL chunk memory Corruption [Exploit-DB]

- Adobe Shockwave Player - rcsL Memory Corruption (Metasploit) [Exploit-DB]

External links:

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-04.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-25.html
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/cybr-ctr/2010/av10-047-eng.aspx
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/attacksignatures/detail.jsp?asid=24011
https://threatpost.com/attack-code-published-adobe-shockwave-zero-day-102110/74599/

About zero-day vulnerabilities

Zero-day vulnerability is an undisclosed vulnerability in software that hackers can exploit to compromise computer programs, gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, penetrate networks, etc. We consider vulnerability a zero-day when there is no solution provided from software vendor and the vulnerability is being actively exploited by malicious actors.

Zero-day candidate is a potential zero-day vulnerability in software which might have been used in targeted attacks, however there is no evidence to support this suggestion.