Adobe Flash Player up to 13.0.0.x/17.0.0.x ASLR information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Adobe Flash Player up to 13.0.0.x/17.0.0.x. The affected element is an unknown function of the component ASLR. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-0357. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 13.0.0.x/17.0.0.x (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component ASLR. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux does not properly restrict discovery of memory addresses, which allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3040.

The weakness was presented 04/14/2015 by Jihui Lu (bilou) with KeenTeam (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-0357 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 T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84156 (Adobe AIR <= 17.0.0.144 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-06)), 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 123524 (Adobe Flash Player Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSB15-06)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 17046.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (84156), SecurityFocus (BID 74068†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-49686†). See VDB-74817, VDB-74818, VDB-74819 and VDB-74820 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 84156
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 17.0.0.144 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-06)
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OpenVAS ID: 803374
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - 01 Apr15 (Windows)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:0813
Researcher: Jihui Lu (bilou)
Organization: KeenTeam
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CVE: CVE-2015-0357 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0357
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74828
SecurityFocus: 74068 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Unspecified Memory Leak ASLR Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1032105
Vulnerability Center: 49686 - [APSB15-06] Adobe Flash Player Remote ASLR Bypass Relaed to Memory Addresses- CVE-2015-0357, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/15/2015 10:32
Updated: 05/06/2022 08:22
Changes: 04/15/2015 10:32 (66), 06/26/2017 10:38 (13), 05/06/2022 08:20 (4), 05/06/2022 08:22 (1)
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