Adobe Flash Player prior 11.2.202.632/18.0.0.366/22.0.0.209 use after free

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared 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 18.0.0.366 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 via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4173, CVE-2016-4174, CVE-2016-4222, CVE-2016-4226, CVE-2016-4227, CVE-2016-4228, CVE-2016-4229, CVE-2016-4230, and CVE-2016-4248.

The weakness was released 07/13/2016 by Natalie Silvanovich with Microsoft Vulnerability Research as APSB16-25 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-4231 since 04/27/2016. 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 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 databases at Exploit-DB (40356), Tenable (92309) and SecurityFocus (BID 91719†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-89057, VDB-89058, VDB-89059 and VDB-89060.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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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

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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB16-25
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4231 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 91719 - Adobe Flash Player APSB16-25 Multiple Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036280

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 07/13/2016 10:44 AM
Updated: 10/03/2024 08:41 PM
Changes: 07/13/2016 10:44 AM (67), 02/23/2019 08:34 AM (17), 09/02/2022 01:08 PM (3), 10/03/2024 08:41 PM (16)
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