Advisory Details

May 19th, 2014

(Pwn2Own) Adobe Flash Display Object Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-14-130
ZDI-CAN-2235

CVE ID CVE-2014-0510
CVSS SCORE 6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Flash Player
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['13748']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
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 the handling of display objects. The issue lies in modifying an object's parent within a callback. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute 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://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-14.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2014-03-13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2014-05-19 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Zeguang Zhao of Team509 and Liang Chen of KeenTeam
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