Flash Player for Mac <= 11.7.700.252 / 11.9.900.152 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB13-28)

high Nessus Plugin ID 71353

Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host has a browser plugin that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its version, the instance of Flash Player installed on the remote Mac OS X host is equal or prior to 11.7.700.252 / 11.8.x or 11.9.x equal or prior to 11.9.900.152. It is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- A type-confusion error exists that could allow arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2013-5331)

- An input validation error exists that could allow denial of service attacks or possibly arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2013-5332)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 11.7.700.257 / 11.9.900.170.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb13-28.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 71353

File Name: macosx_flash_player_11_9_900_170.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 12/11/2013

Updated: 7/14/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

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: 12/10/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2013

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5331, CVE-2013-5332

BID: 64199, 64201