Advisory Details

December 15th, 2013

Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2013-5330
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Flash Player
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Flash. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within processing of certain AVM2 instructions, allowing direct memory access outside of the domain memory. By leveraging this flaw, an attacker can execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-26.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2013-09-27 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2013-12-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Anonymous

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