Adobe Flash Player up to 18.0.0.268 type confusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes type confusion. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-8644. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type confusion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.233, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion."

The weakness was shared 12/28/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-8644. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit 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 87656 (Adobe AIR <= 20.0.0.204 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-01)), 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 168350 (OpenSuSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2015:2400-1)).

Upgrading to version 18.0.0.324 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (39476), Tenable (87656), SecurityFocus (BID 79704†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55418†). The entries VDB-79926, VDB-79927, VDB-79930 and VDB-79931 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Type confusion
CWE: CWE-843
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Nessus ID: 87656
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 20.0.0.204 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-01)
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OpenVAS ID: 803490
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Air Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 Dec15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 18.0.0.324

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:2697
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-8644 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8644
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79939

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SecurityFocus: 79704
SecurityTracker: 1034544
Vulnerability Center: 55418 - [APSB16-01] Adobe Flash Player <20.0.0.267 Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-8644, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 12/29/2015 13:24
Updated: 12/14/2024 22:08
Changes: 12/29/2015 13:24 (43), 01/27/2018 12:39 (27), 07/01/2022 19:56 (5), 07/01/2022 20:03 (11), 07/01/2022 20:10 (1), 12/14/2024 22:08 (17)
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