Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491/18.0.0.209 type confusion

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491/18.0.0.209. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to type confusion. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-5554. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491/18.0.0.209 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type confusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 08/11/2015 by Natalie Silvanovich (bilou) with Google Project Zero as APSB15-19 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-5554 since 07/17/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85325 (Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.180 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-19)), 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 123802 (Red Hat Update for flash (RHSA-2015:1603)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.508 or 18.0.0.232 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (105447), Exploit-DB (37876), Tenable (85325), SecurityFocus (BID 76287†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1033235†). technet.microsoft.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-69208, VDB-76351, VDB-76966 and VDB-76968 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Type confusion
CWE: CWE-843
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Nessus ID: 85325
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.180 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-19)
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OpenVAS ID: 52298
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 Aug15 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.508 /18.0.0.232
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB15-19
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich (bilou)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5554 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5554
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76967
X-Force: 105447 - Adobe Flash Player code execution
SecurityFocus: 76287 - Adobe FlashPlayer and AIR APSB15-19 Type Confusion Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033235 - Adobe Flash Player Buffer Overflows and Memory Corruption Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 51932 - [APSB15-19] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-5554, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 08/12/2015 11:13
Updated: 12/04/2024 20:43
Changes: 08/12/2015 11:13 (72), 10/08/2017 09:36 (17), 06/07/2022 14:57 (3), 06/07/2022 14:58 (1), 11/23/2024 23:51 (16), 12/04/2024 20:43 (8)
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