PT-2013-3839 · Adobe+1 · Flash Player+1

Yang Yu · Published 2013-03-11 · Updated 2023-12-07 · CVE-2013-2556

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows versions prior to the patchday that contains the fix for this issue

Description The issue is related to the improper implementation of Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) in Windows, allowing attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism. This could enable an attacker to load a DLL in the process, potentially during the exploitation of a remote code execution vulnerability. The vulnerability was demonstrated against Adobe Flash Player by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-2556

ZDI-13-192

Affected Products

Flash Player

Windows

References · 10

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2556 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-063 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-192 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2556 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18132 · Note
• http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309756927301283840 · Note
• http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309713355466227713 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-063 · Note
• http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-225A · Note