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CVE-2006-5856

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Adobe Download Manager before 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long section name in the dm.ini file, which is populated via an AOM file.

Published

2006-12-06T19:28:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	adobe	download_manager	≤ 2.1	Yes

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051114.html ([email protected])
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20061205.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/23233 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017340 ([email protected])
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-19.html Patch ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/448569 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453636/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453755/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21453 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4867 ([email protected])
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-044/ ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30742 ([email protected])
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051114.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20061205.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23233 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017340 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-19.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/448569 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453636/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453755/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21453 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4867 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-044/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30742 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)