Zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player

Integer Overflow
CVE-2011-0618

According to Symantec the first exploitation of the vulnerability was discovered on 2010-01-03.

Known malware:

Bloodhound.Exploit.412

Vulnerability details

Advisory: SB2011051201 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player

Vulnerable component: Adobe Flash Player

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0618

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-190 - Integer overflow

Description:

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

The weakness exists due to integer overflow. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

External links:

https://www.symantec.com/security_response/vulnerability.jsp?bid=47815
https://ae.norton.com/security_response/print_writeup.jsp?docid=2011-062402-3901-99
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-12.html
https://novasecure.neonova.net/threats/details.cgi?id=513314
http://freecode.com/articles/red-hat-an-updated-adobe-flash-player-package-fixes-multiple-security-i...
http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?ArticleNumber=000027365
https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~tdumitra/public_documents/bilge12_zero_day.pdf

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.