Check Point Advisories

Adobe Shockwave Player Chunk Parsing Uninitialized Object Access (APSB12-13; CVE-2012-2030)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-395
Date Published: 27 Aug 2012
Severity: High
Last Updated: Friday 29 March, 2024
Source: CVE-2012-2030
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R70

  • R71
  • R75

  • Who is Vulnerable? Adobe Systems Shockwave Player 11.6.4.634 and prior
    Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Shockwave player.
    Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: APSB12-13
    Vulnerability DetailsThe vulnerability is due to an error in Adobe Shockwave Player while parsing crafted data inside rcsL RIFF chunk in DIR or DCR files. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted web page containing an embedded malformed DIR or DCR file. Successful exploitation would lead to arbitrary code execution or cause the browser to crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.

    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, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

    Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

    1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Shockwave Player Chunk Parsing Uninitialized Object Access (APSB12-13) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
    2. Install policy on all modules.

    SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
    Attack Name: Adobe Products Violation
    Attack Information: Adobe Shockwave Player Chunk Parsing Uninitialized Object Access (APSB12-13)

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