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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). Affected is an unknown code of the component Same Origin Policy. 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. CVE summarizes:

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 allow attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 09/22/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-6679 since 08/26/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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.

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 21032.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (86059). The entries 77991, 77992, 77993 and 77994 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Multimedia Player Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Flash Player

License

• free

Support

• end of life

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo

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

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 86059
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.199 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-23)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 803024
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities Sep15 (Windows)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.521/18.0.0.240/19.0.0.185
TippingPoint: 🔍

McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍

Fortigate IPS: 🔍

Timelineinfo

08/26/2015 🔍
09/21/2015 +26 days 🔍
09/21/2015 +0 days 🔍
09/22/2015 +1 days 🔍
09/22/2015 +0 days 🔍
09/22/2015 +0 days 🔍
09/23/2015 +1 days 🔍
06/18/2022 +2460 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1814
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2015-6679 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1033629
Vulnerability Center: 52856 - [APSB15-23] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Information Disclosure - CVE-2015-6679, Medium
SecurityFocus: 76806 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2015-6679 Same Origin Policy Security Bypass Vulnerability

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2015 07:25 PM
Updated: 06/18/2022 07:53 PM
Changes: 09/23/2015 07:25 PM (65), 01/02/2018 10:21 AM (8), 06/18/2022 07:45 PM (4), 06/18/2022 07:53 PM (1)
Complete: 🔍

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