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Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Flash Remote Code Execution

Notification Type:	IBM Internet Security Systems Protection Alert
Notification Date:	July 22, 2009
Notification Version:	1.1

Name:	Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Flash Remote Code Execution
Public disclosure/ In the wild date:	July 21, 2009 0-day exploitation discovered and public vuln disclosure
CVE:	CVE-2009-1862
Description:	A vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, and Adobe Flash can result in remote code execution. This vulnerability was made public upon discovery that it was being exploited in the wild on July 21, 2009.

ISS Coverage

Product	Content Version
Network Sensor 7.0 Proventia A Proventia IPS (G/GX) Server Sensor 7.0 Proventia Multifunction Appliance Proventia Server (Linux)	29.060
Proventia Server (Windows) Proventia Desktop	2400

Propagation Techniques	ISS Protection	Available
remote exploit	JavaScript_Obfuscation_Fre	June 9, 2009
	See other protection details below.

JavaScript_Obfuscation_Fre triggers on the HTML page of the widespread in-the-wild sample that has been captured by X-Force. Other protection mechanisms are under investigation.

Detailed Description

Business Impact:	This vulnerability could result in remote code execution if a victim opens a specially-crafted movie. In some cases, these movies have been seen embedded in an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) document. Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, and Adobe Flash are vulnerable and, at the time of publication, had no patch available. Links to these malicious documents and movies can easily be sent through spam or through links on seemingly non-malicious Web sites.
*CVSS:	Base Score:		9.3
		Access Vector:	Network
		Access Complexity:	Medium
		Authentication:	None
		Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
		Integrity Impact:	Complete
		Availability Impact:	Complete

	Adjusted Temporal Score:		8.8
		Exploitability:	High
		Remediation Level:	Workaround
		Report Confidence:	Confirmed
Affected Products:	For a full list of affected versions, see references below.
Technical Description:	The Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Flash could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error related to the handling of Flash files, including Flash files embedded in PDFs. By persuading a victim to click a malicious Web page or open a malicious file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the victim.
Remediation:	As of the publication of this alert, no patches were available. Customers can deploy security products to block exploits.

References

Adobe:	http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/07/potential_adobe_reader_and_fla.html
InfoSecBlog:	http://www.infosecblog.org/2009/07/flash-zero-day.html
XFDB:	http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/51954

Revision History

1.0	Initial publication.
1.1	Added CVE and XFDB reference.

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