Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491/18.0.0.209 use after free

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491/18.0.0.209 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 08/11/2015 by Natalie Silvanovich (bilou) with Alibaba Security Research Team as APSB15-19 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-5127 since 06/26/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by bilou and been published 2 weeks after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85325 (Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.180 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-19)), 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 168130 (OpenSuSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2015:1781-1)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.508 or 18.0.0.232 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (105461), Tenable (85325) and Exploit-DB (37861). Additional details are provided at technet.microsoft.com.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: bilou
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Nessus ID: 85325
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.180 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-19)
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OpenVAS ID: 52298
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 Aug15 (Mac OS X)
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.508 /18.0.0.232
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB15-19
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich (bilou)
Organization: Alibaba Security Research Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5127 (🔍)
X-Force: 105461 - Adobe Flash Player code execution
SecurityTracker: 1033235 - Adobe Flash Player Buffer Overflows and Memory Corruption Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 51903 - [APSB15-19] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-5127, Critical
SecurityFocus: 76288 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB15-19 Multiple Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 08/12/2015 11:16
Updated: 06/07/2022 17:50
Changes: 08/12/2015 11:16 (75), 10/05/2017 18:21 (19), 06/07/2022 17:41 (2), 06/07/2022 17:50 (1)
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