Adobe Flash Player prior 11.2.202.481/13.0.0.302/18.0.0.203 use after free
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3124, CVE-2015-3127, CVE-2015-3128, CVE-2015-3129, CVE-2015-3131, CVE-2015-3132, CVE-2015-3136, CVE-2015-3137, CVE-2015-4428, CVE-2015-4430, and CVE-2015-5117.
The weakness was presented 07/09/2015 by Natalie Silvanovich (bilou) with Google Project Zero (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-3118 since 04/09/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84641 (Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.144 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-16)), 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 100241 (Microsoft Windows Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (KB3065823)).
Upgrading to version 11.2.202.481, 13.0.0.302 or 18.0.0.203 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 20099.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (84641). See 76340, 76351, 76353 and 76355 for similar entries.
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Class: Use after freeCWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 84641
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.144 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-16)
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OpenVAS ID: 802781
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability July15 (Windows)
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: RHSA-2015:1214
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich (bilou)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-3118 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1032810 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Bypass Same-Origin Restrictions, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 51054 - [APSB15-16] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-3118, Critical
SecurityFocus: 75590 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR Multiple Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 07/10/2015 09:36Updated: 05/23/2022 19:56
Changes: 07/10/2015 09:36 (64), 01/27/2018 12:38 (20), 05/23/2022 19:49 (3), 05/23/2022 19:56 (1)
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