Adobe Flash Player prior 16.0.0.257 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-0302. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 01/13/2015 as APSB15-01 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-0302 since 12/01/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80483 (Adobe AIR <= 15.0.0.356 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-01)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 19272.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (99982), Tenable (80483), SecurityFocus (BID 72035†), Secunia (SA62252†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1031525†). See VDB-68580, VDB-68581, VDB-68582 and VDB-68583 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 80483
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 15.0.0.356 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-01)
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OpenVAS ID: 803410
OpenVAS Name: Adobe AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Jan15 (Windows)
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Upgrade: Flash Player 16.0.0.257
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB15-01
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-0302 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0302
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68588
X-Force: 99982 - Adobe Flash Player information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 72035 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2015-0302 Information Disclosure 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: 48046 - [APSB15-01] Adobe Flash Player Remote Keystrokes Information Disclosure, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/14/2015 10:24
Updated: 03/02/2022 09:42
Changes: 01/14/2015 10:24 (77), 07/07/2017 17:06 (10), 03/02/2022 09:37 (2), 03/02/2022 09:42 (1)
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