Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player PCM File Integer Overflow (APSB12-27; CVE-2012-5677)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-1301
Date Published: 30 Dec 2012
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 04 March, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-5677
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player and AIR. The vulnerability is due to an error while handling specially crafted PCM files. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted PCM file. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target.

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 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Flash Player PCM File Integer Overflow (APSB12-27) 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:  Adobe Flash Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Flash Player PCM file integer overflow (APSB12-27)

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