Adobe Flash Player up to 18.0.0.x ASLR information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 18.0.0.x (Multimedia Player Software). This affects an unknown code of the component ASLR. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.292 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.160 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.466 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.144 on Windows and before 18.0.0.143 on OS X and Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.144 on Windows and before 18.0.0.143 on OS X, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.144 on Windows and before 18.0.0.143 on OS X do not properly restrict discovery of memory addresses, which allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 06/10/2015 by Chris Evans with Google Project Zero as APSB15-11 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-3108 since 04/09/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84158 (Adobe AIR <= 17.0.0.172 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-11)), 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 100238 (Microsoft Windows Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (KB3065820)).

Upgrading to version 18.0.0.160 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 19958.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (103725) and Tenable (84158). The entries 75795, 75796, 75797 and 75798 are pretty similar.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 84158
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 17.0.0.172 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-11)
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OpenVAS ID: 803410
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Air Multiple Vulnerabilities - 01 June15 (Windows)
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Upgrade: Flash Player 18.0.0.160
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB15-11
Researcher: Chris Evans
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-3108 (🔍)
X-Force: 103725 - Adobe Flash Player ASLR security bypass
SecurityTracker: 1032519 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Bypass ASLR, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 50509 - [APSB15-11] Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Air Remote Bypass Restrictions Vulnerability - CVE-2015-3108, Medium
SecurityFocus: 75084 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2015-3108 Memory Leak ASLR Security Bypass Vulnerability

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Created: 06/10/2015 10:19
Updated: 05/20/2022 17:13
Changes: 06/10/2015 10:19 (80), 01/27/2018 12:38 (9), 05/20/2022 17:13 (3)
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