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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Adobe Flash Player up to 13.0.0.x/17.0.0.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ASLR. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-3040. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 13.0.0.x/17.0.0.x (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality 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. The summary by CVE is:

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-2015-0357.

The weakness was disclosed 04/14/2015 by Jihui Lu (bilou) with KeenTeam (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-3040 since 04/09/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/06/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 19762.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (84156), SecurityFocus (BID 74068†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-49687†). The entries VDB-74817, VDB-74818, VDB-74819 and VDB-74820 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality 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
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-3040 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-3040
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74867
SecurityFocus: 74068 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Unspecified Memory Leak ASLR Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1032105
Vulnerability Center: 49687 - [APSB15-06] Adobe Flash Player Remote ASLR Bypass Related to Memory Addresses- CVE-2015-3040, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/15/2015 10:37
Updated: 05/06/2022 10:34
Changes: 04/15/2015 10:37 (65), 06/26/2017 10:38 (13), 05/06/2022 10:28 (4), 05/06/2022 10:34 (1)
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