Adobe AIR for Mac <= 13.0.0.83 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-14)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 73995

Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host contains a version of Adobe AIR that is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its version, the instance of Adobe AIR on the remote Mac OS X host is 13.0.0.83 or earlier. It is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An unspecified use-after-free vulnerability exists that could allow for the execution of arbitrary code.
(CVE-2014-0510)

- An unspecified vulnerability exists that could be used to bypass the same origin policy. (CVE-2014-0516)

- Multiple, unspecified security bypass vulnerabilities exist. (CVE-2014-0517, CVE-2014-0518, CVE-2014-0519, CVE-2014-0520)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe AIR 13.0.0.111 or later.

See Also

http://www.pwn2own.com/2014/03/pwn2own-results-thursday-day-two/

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-14.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 73995

File Name: macosx_adobe_air_13_0_0_111.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 5/14/2014

Updated: 11/26/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0510

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:air

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Adobe_AIR/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0510, CVE-2014-0516, CVE-2014-0517, CVE-2014-0518, CVE-2014-0519, CVE-2014-0520

BID: 66241, 67361, 67364, 67371, 67372, 67373