Adobe Flash Player prior 11.2.202.521/18.0.0.240/19.0.0.185 use after free

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.241 and 19.x before 19.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.521 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.190, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.190, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.190 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5570, CVE-2015-5581, CVE-2015-5584, and CVE-2015-6682.

The weakness was disclosed 09/22/2015 by Natalie Silvanovich (bilou) with Google Project Zero (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-5574 since 07/17/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.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 86059 (Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.199 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-23)), 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 168080 (OpenSuSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2015:1616-1)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.521, 18.0.0.240 or 19.0.0.185 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 21036.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (39652), Tenable (86059), SecurityFocus (BID 76795†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52855†). The entries VDB-77991, VDB-77992, VDB-77993 and VDB-77994 are pretty similar.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 86059
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.199 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-23)
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OpenVAS ID: 803024
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities Sep15 (Windows)
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.521/18.0.0.240/19.0.0.185
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1814
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich (bilou)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5574 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 76795 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB15-23 Multiple Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033629
Vulnerability Center: 52855 - [APSB15-23] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution -CVE-2015-5574, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 09/23/2015 07:22 PM
Updated: 12/08/2024 05:07 AM
Changes: 09/23/2015 07:22 PM (65), 01/27/2018 12:39 PM (16), 06/18/2022 04:00 PM (3), 06/18/2022 04:06 PM (1), 12/08/2024 05:07 AM (16)
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