Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Acrobat, Reader and Flash Player, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an error in the "flash9f.dll" and "authplay.dll" modules when processing certain objects and "MethodEnv::findproperty" calls, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a PDF file embedding a malicious Flash animation, or by visiting a web page hosting a specially crafted "swf" file.

Note: This vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild.

Affected Products

Adobe Acrobat version 9.1.2 and prior
Adobe Reader version 9.1.2 and prior
Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.159.0 and prior
Adobe Flash Player version 10.0.22.87 and prior

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.246.0 or 10.0.32.18 :
http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer

Upgrade to Adobe Acrobat and Reader version 9.1.3 :
http://get.adobe.com/reader/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1986
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-03.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/07/potential_adobe_reader_and_fla.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259425

Credits

Vulnerability discovered in the wild.

ChangeLog

2009-07-22 : Initial release
2009-07-30 : Updated Solution
2009-07-31 : Updated Solution

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