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Adobe AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA32772
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Release Date:
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2008-11-18
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Popularity:
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6,311 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Adobe AIR 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-4824
CVE-2008-5108
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe AIR, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) Multiple unspecified input validation errors in the parsing of SWF files can be exploited to potentially execute arbitrary code.
2) An unspecified error may allow execution of untrusted JavaScript with escalated privileges if data is loaded from a malicious source.
The vulnerabilities are reported in version 1.1 and prior.
Solution:
Update to version 1.5.
http://get.adobe.com/air
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits:
1) Riley Hassell and Josh Zelonis, iSEC Partners.
2) Chris Weber, Casaba Security.
Original Advisory:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-22.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-23.html
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