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Adobe Flash FLA File Parsing Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA29455  
Release Date: 2008-03-20

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Adobe Flash CS3
Macromedia Flash MX 2004

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1201 (Secunia mirror)

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
cocoruder has reported some vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors when parsing specially crafted FLA files.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code when opening a malicious FLA file.

Solution:
According to the vendor, the vulnerabilities will be fixed in the next major release of Flash Professional.

Do not open untrusted FLA files.

Provided and/or discovered by:
cocoruder

Original Advisory:
Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-03.html

cocoruder:
http://ruder.cdut.net/blogview.asp?logID=241



Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

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1. Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities
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5. Flash Player Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerabilities
6. Macromedia Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
7. Macromedia Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability


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