Adobe Flash Player 18/19/22/up to 11 race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Adobe Flash Player 18/19/22/up to 11. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-4247. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player 18/19/22/up to 11 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Race condition in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 07/13/2016 by Stefan Kanthak as APSB16-25 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-4247 since 04/27/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92309 (openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-2016-870)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100291 (Microsoft Windows Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (MS16-093)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.632, 18.0.0.366 or 22.0.0.209 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (92309) and SecurityFocus (BID 91720†). The entries VDB-89057, VDB-89058, VDB-89059 and VDB-89060 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Nessus ID: 92309
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-2016-870)
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OpenVAS ID: 863907
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Security Updates( apsb16-25 )-Linux
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.632/18.0.0.366/22.0.0.209

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB16-25
Researcher: Stefan Kanthak
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4247 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4247
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-89132

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SecurityFocus: 91720 - Adobe Flash Player CVE-2016-4247 Race Condition Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/13/2016 10:46
Updated: 10/04/2024 00:40
Changes: 07/13/2016 10:46 (68), 02/23/2019 08:39 (14), 09/02/2022 14:29 (4), 10/04/2024 00:40 (16)
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