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Adobe Flash Player ActionScript Launch Command Execution Vulnerability

Disclosed
12/17/2008
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player for Linux, version 10.0.12.36 and 9.0.151.0 and prior. An input validation vulnerability allows command execution when the browser loads a SWF file which contains shell metacharacters in the arguments to the ActionScript launch method. The victim must have Adobe AIR installed for the exploit to work. This module was tested against version 10.0.12.36 (10r12_36).

Author(s)

  • 0a29406d9794e4f9b30b3c5d6702c708

Platform

Unix

Architectures

cmd

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/linux/browser/adobe_flashplayer_aslaunch
msf exploit(adobe_flashplayer_aslaunch) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(adobe_flashplayer_aslaunch) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(adobe_flashplayer_aslaunch) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(adobe_flashplayer_aslaunch) > exploit

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