Check Point Advisories

Adobe Shockwave Player DIR Files PAMI Chunk Code Execution (APSB10-12; CVE-2010-1292)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-073
Date Published:	23 May 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 23 May, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-1292
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Adobe Shockwave is a multimedia player that allows Adobe Director applications to be published on the Internet and viewed in a web browser by anyone who has the Shockwave plug-in installed. A remote code execution vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Shockwave Player. An attacker can exploit this issue via a specially crafted DIR file. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability to take complete control of an affected system.

Protection Overview

The vulnerability is due to an input validation error in Adobe Shockwave Player while parsing specially crafted PAMI RIFF chunk data in a DIR file. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a user to open a malicious DIR file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow arbitrary code execution.

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 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Shockwave Player DIR Files PAMI Chunk Code Execution (APSB10-12) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Adobe Shockwave Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe Shockwave Player DIR files PAMI chunk code execution (APSB10-12)