Flash Player for Mac <= 11.7.700.257 / 11.9.900.170 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-02)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 71953

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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 11.7.700.257 / 11.8.x or 11.9.x equal or prior to 11.9.900.170. It is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An unspecified vulnerability exists that can be used to bypass Flash Player security protections.
(CVE-2014-0491)

- An unspecified vulnerability exists that can be used to bypass memory address layout randomization.
(CVE-2014-0492)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 11.7.700.260 / 12.0.0.38 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 71953

File Name: macosx_flash_player_12_0_0_38.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 1/14/2014

Updated: 11/26/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0492

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Flash_Player/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0491, CVE-2014-0492

BID: 64807, 64810

Detections

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