Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player Invalid Object Reference Code Execution (CVE-2009-0520)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2009-379
Date Published: 6 Jun 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 14 May, 2018
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2009-0520
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Adobe Flash Player is a multimedia and application player. Flash Player renders Shockwave Flash (SWF) files, which contain various forms of multimedia content, including vector and raster graphics, video, audio, and scripts. Flash Player is made available as a plug-in for a wide range of web browsers, as well as a stand-alone application. A vulnerability exists in the Adobe Flash Player. The vulnerability is a result of referencing to an invalid object when parsing maliciously crafted SWF files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a malicious SWF file. Successful exploitation can lead to injection and execution of arbitrary code in the security context of the currently logged in user. In an attack case where code injection is not successful, the affected application will terminate abnormally. In a more sophisticated attack scenario where code injection is successful, the behavior of the target host is entirely dependent on the intended function of the injected code. The code in such a case would execute within the security context of the current user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Flash Player Invalid Object Reference Code Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Flash Player invalid object reference code execution

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