Flash Player for Mac <= 10.3.183.18 / 11.2.202.233 Object Confusion Vulnerability (APSB12-09)

high Nessus Plugin ID 58995

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Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host has a browser plugin that is affected by a code execution vulnerability.

Description

According to its version, the instance of Flash Player installed on the remote Mac OS X host is 10.x equal to or earlier than 10.3.183.18 or 11.x equal to or earlier than 11.2.202.233. It is, therefore, reportedly affected by an object confusion vulnerability that could allow an attacker to crash the application or potentially take control of the target system.

By tricking a victim into visiting a specially crafted page, an attacker may be able to utilize this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code subject to the users' privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 10.3.183.19 / 11.2.202.235 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 58995

File Name: macosx_flash_player_11_2_202_235.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 5/4/2012

Updated: 7/14/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Flash_Player/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2012

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player Object Type Confusion)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0779

BID: 53395

Detections

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