Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491/18.0.0.209 memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491/18.0.0.209 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2015-5544. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491/18.0.0.209 (Multimedia Player Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 08/11/2015 by Chris Evans, Ben Hawkes and Mateusz Jurczyk with Google Project Zero as APSB15-19 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-5544 since 07/17/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.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 168130 (OpenSuSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2015:1781-1)).

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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 20428.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (105469), Exploit-DB (37866), Tenable (85325), SecurityFocus (BID 76283†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1033235†). Further details are available at technet.microsoft.com. The entries VDB-69208, VDB-75806, VDB-76351 and VDB-76768 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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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: Chris Evans, Ben Hawkes, Mateusz Jurczyk
Organization: Google Project Zero
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CVE: CVE-2015-5544 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5544
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76989
X-Force: 105469 - Adobe Flash Player code execution
SecurityFocus: 76283 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB15-19 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033235 - Adobe Flash Player Buffer Overflows and Memory Corruption Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 51919 - [APSB15-19] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-5544, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2015 11:18
Updated: 10/04/2024 04:57
Changes: 08/12/2015 11:18 (77), 10/05/2017 18:26 (11), 06/07/2022 19:39 (2), 06/07/2022 19:47 (1), 10/04/2024 04:57 (23)
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