##################################################################################### # Application: Adobe Flash Player # Platforms: Windows,OSX # Versions: 22.0.0.192 and earlier # Author: Sébastien Morin of COSIG # Website: https://cosig.gouv.qc.ca/en/advisory/ # Twitter: @COSIG_ # Date: July 12, 2016 # CVE-2016-4175 # COSIG-2016-22 ##################################################################################### 1) Introduction 2) Report Timeline 3) Technical details 4) POC ##################################################################################### ================ 1) Introduction ================ Adobe Flash Player (labeled Shockwave Flash in Internet Explorer and Firefox) is a freeware software for using content created on the Adobe Flash platform, including viewing multimedia, executing rich Internet applications, and streaming video and audio. Flash Player can run from a web browser as a browser plug-in or on supported mobile devices. Flash Player was created by Macromedia and has been developed and distributed by Adobe Systems since Adobe acquired Macromedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Player) ##################################################################################### ==================== 2) Report Timeline ==================== 2016-05-10: Sébastien Morin of COSIG report this vulnerability to Adobe PSIRT; 2016-06-08: Adobe PSIRT confirm this vulnerability; 2016-07-12: Adobe publish a patch (APSB16-25); 2016-07-12: Advisory released by COSIG; ##################################################################################### ===================== 3) Technical details ===================== The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute malicious code or access to a part of the dynamically allocated memory using a user interaction visiting a Web page or open a specially crafted SWF file, which contains ‘DefineSprite’ invalid data. ##################################################################################### =========== 4) POC: =========== https://cosig.gouv.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/COSIG-2016-22-1.zip https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/40103.zip ####################################################################################