Adobe Flash Player up to 21.0.0.242 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 21.0.0.242. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-4138. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 21.0.0.242 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 and earlier, as used in the Adobe Flash libraries in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge, has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in MS16-083.

The weakness was released 06/16/2016 as MS16-083 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-4138 since 04/27/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91671 (Adobe Flash Player for Mac <= 21.0.0.242 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-18)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100289 (Microsoft Windows Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (MS16-083)).

Applying the patch MS16-083 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (40090) and Tenable (91671). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-87978, VDB-87979, VDB-87980 and VDB-87981. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 91671
Nessus Name: Adobe Flash Player for Mac <= 21.0.0.242 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-18)
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OpenVAS ID: 881653
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Security Updates( apsb16-18 )-MAC OS X
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Patch: MS16-083

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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: MS16-083
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4138 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4138
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87996

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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 06/17/2016 16:45
Updated: 06/15/2024 09:58
Changes: 06/17/2016 16:45 (76), 01/27/2019 16:30 (6), 08/24/2022 09:29 (4), 06/15/2024 09:58 (15)
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