Adobe Flash Player prior 11.2.202.632/18.0.0.366/22.0.0.209 type confusion
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8.6 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type confusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-843. The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4224 and CVE-2016-4225.
The weakness was presented 07/13/2016 with Zero Day Initiative as APSB16-25 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-4223 since 04/27/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/02/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92309 (openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-2016-870)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100291 (Microsoft Windows Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (MS16-093)).
Upgrading to version 11.2.202.632, 18.0.0.366 or 22.0.0.209 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (92309). See 89057, 89058, 89059 and 89060 for similar entries.
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Class: Type confusionCWE: CWE-843
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Nessus ID: 92309
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-2016-870)
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OpenVAS ID: 863907
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Security Updates( apsb16-25 )-Linux
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.632/18.0.0.366/22.0.0.209
Timeline
04/27/2016 🔍07/12/2016 🔍
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Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: APSB16-25
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4223 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1036280
SecurityFocus: 91718 - Adobe Flash Player APSB16-25 Type Confusion Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 07/13/2016 10:43Updated: 09/02/2022 12:08
Changes: 07/13/2016 10:43 (67), 02/23/2019 08:39 (14), 09/02/2022 12:08 (4)
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