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>> Macromedia Shockwave Player Installer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Macromedia Shockwave Player Installer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0716
CVE ID : CVE-2005-3525
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-02-23
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A vulnerability has been identified in Macromedia Shockwave Player, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is due to a stack overflow error in the ActiveX installer that does not properly handle overly large values passed to certain parameters, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into visiting a malicious website with Shockwave content that prompts the user to install the player.
Affected Products
Macromedia Shockwave Player version 10.1.0.11 and prior
Solution
The vendor has fixed the issue in the Shockwave Player ActiveX installer.
Note : since the vulnerability occurs in the installer, no action needs to be taken by users.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0716
http://www.frsirt.com/english/reference/6402
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/apsb06-02.html
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Peter Vreugdenhil
ChangeLog
2006-02-23 : Initial release
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