Signature Detail

HTTP: Adobe Flash Player ActiveX CSS Exploit

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in Adobe Flash Play ActiveX. An attacker can create a malicious Web site containing Web pages with dangerous ActiveX calls, which if accessed by a victim, allows the attacker to gain control of the victim's client browser.

Extended Description

The Adobe Flash Player ActiveX control is prone to a cross-domain scripting vulnerability. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of another domain. This issue affects Adobe Flash Player 9.0.48.0, 8.0.35.0, and prior versions. NOTE: This issue was previously disclosed in BID 26929 (Adobe Flash Player Multiple Security Vulnerabilities) but has been assigned its own BID because new technical details are available.

Affected Products

• Adobe Flash Player 7.0.69.0
• Adobe Flash Player 7.0.70.0
• Adobe Flash Player 8.0.34.0
• Adobe Flash Player 8.0.35.0
• Adobe Flash Player 9.0.28.0
• Adobe Flash Player 9.0.31.0
• Adobe Flash Player 9.0.45.0
• Adobe Flash Player 9.0.47.0
• Adobe Flash Player 9.0.48.0
• Gentoo Linux
• Nortel Networks Media Processing Svr 1000 Rel 3.0
• Nortel Networks Self-Service - CCSS7
• Nortel Networks Self-Service Peri Application
• Nortel Networks Self-Service Peri Workstation
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 5 Client
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 4
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 4.5.Z
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 4.6.Z
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 Server
• Sun OpenSolaris Build Snv 88
• Sun Solaris 10 Sparc
• Sun Solaris 10 X86
• SuSE Linux Personal 10.1
• SuSE Linux Professional 10.1
• SuSE Novell Linux Desktop 9.0.0
• SuSE openSUSE 10.2
• SuSE openSUSE 10.3
• SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
• Turbolinux FUJI
• Turbolinux wizpy

References

• BugTraq: 26960
• CVE: CVE-2007-6244
• URL: http://crypto.stanford.edu/advisories/CVE-2007-6244/