Adobe Flash Player prior 11.2.202.481/13.0.0.302/18.0.0.203 type confusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation results in type confusion. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2015-3122. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type confusion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-843. The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3119, CVE-2015-3120, CVE-2015-3121, and CVE-2015-4433.

The weakness was disclosed 07/09/2015 by Natalie Silvanovich with Google Project Zero (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-3122 since 04/09/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84641 (Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.144 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-16)), 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 100241 (Microsoft Windows Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (KB3065823)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.481, 13.0.0.302 or 18.0.0.203 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 20340.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (84641), SecurityFocus (BID 75595†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032810†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51086†). The entries VDB-76340, VDB-76351, VDB-76353 and VDB-76355 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Type confusion
CWE: CWE-843
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Nessus ID: 84641
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.144 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-16)
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OpenVAS ID: 802781
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability July15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.481/13.0.0.302/18.0.0.203
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1214
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-3122 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-3122
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76362
SecurityFocus: 75595 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1032810 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Bypass Same-Origin Restrictions, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 51086 - [APSB15-16] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-3122, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2015 09:37
Updated: 05/23/2022 20:57
Changes: 07/10/2015 09:37 (64), 01/27/2018 12:38 (17), 05/23/2022 20:49 (3), 05/23/2022 20:57 (1)
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