Adobe Flash Player use after free

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software) (version now known) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. 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. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1011, CVE-2016-1016, CVE-2016-1017, and CVE-2016-1031.

The weakness was published 04/09/2016 by Natalie Silvanovich with Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team (Website). The advisory is available at lists.opensuse.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-1013 since 12/22/2015. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.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 90426 (Adobe Flash Player for Mac <= 21.0.0.197 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-10)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168848 (OpenSuSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2016:1306-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 24256.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (90426) and Exploit-DB (39778). Similar entries are available at 81608, 81847, 81848 and 81849.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.3

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 90426
Nessus Name: Adobe Flash Player for Mac <= 21.0.0.197 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-10)
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OpenVAS ID: 800035
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Security Updates( apsb16-10 )-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2016:0610
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich
Organization: Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-1013 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1035509
Vulnerability Center: 58142 - [APSB16-10] Adobe Flash Player and Flash Player ESR Remote Code Execution - CVE-2016-1013, Critical
SecurityFocus: 85926 - Adobe Flash Player APSB16-10 Multiple Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/09/2016 15:26
Updated: 07/12/2022 18:40
Changes: 04/09/2016 15:26 (72), 02/04/2019 13:47 (20), 07/12/2022 18:40 (4)
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