Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.137 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.137. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-0540. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.137 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 08/12/2014 by lokihardt@ASRT as APSB14-18 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-0540 since 12/20/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77171 (Adobe AIR <= AIR 14.0.0.110 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-18)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100209 (Microsoft Windows Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (KB2982794)).

Upgrading to version 14.0.0.145 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 16650.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (95225), Tenable (77171), SecurityFocus (BID 69190†), Secunia (SA60710†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-45815†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-67315, VDB-67317, VDB-67318 and VDB-67319. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 77171
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= AIR 14.0.0.110 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-18)
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OpenVAS ID: 802023
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Aug14 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 14.0.0.145
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB14-18
Researcher: lokihardt@ASRT
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0540 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0540
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67316

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X-Force: 95225 - Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Air code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 69190 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2014-0540 Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 60710 - Red Hat update for flash-plugin, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1030712
Vulnerability Center: 45815 - [APSB14-18] Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR Remote Code Execution Vulnerability- CVE-2014-0540, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/13/2014 10:58 AM
Updated: 02/10/2022 10:30 AM
Changes: 08/13/2014 10:58 AM (84), 06/04/2017 10:45 AM (7), 02/10/2022 10:23 AM (4), 02/10/2022 10:30 AM (1)
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