Adobe Flash Player prior 16.0.0.257 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-0301. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 01/13/2015 by Haifei Li with McAfee as APSB15-01 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-0301. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80488 (Google Chrome < 39.0.2171.99 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100223 (Microsoft Windows Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (KB3024663)).

Upgrading to version 16.0.0.257 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (99981), Tenable (80488), SecurityFocus (BID 72034†), Secunia (SA62252†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1031525†). The entries VDB-68580, VDB-68581, VDB-68582 and VDB-68583 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 80488
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 39.0.2171.99 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 803410
OpenVAS Name: Adobe AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Jan15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 16.0.0.257
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB15-01
Researcher: Haifei Li
Organization: McAfee
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-0301 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0301
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68587
X-Force: 99981 - Adobe Flash Player unspecified, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 72034 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2015-0301 Unspecified Security Vulnerability
Secunia: 62252 - Red Hat update for flash-plugin, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1031525 - Adobe Flash Player Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 48045 - [APSB15-01] Adobe Flash Player Remote Host Privilege Vulnerability due to Improper Files Validation, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/14/2015 10:24
Updated: 03/02/2022 09:35
Changes: 01/14/2015 10:24 (77), 06/17/2017 07:56 (11), 03/02/2022 09:32 (4), 03/02/2022 09:35 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:E8D:103

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