Adobe AIR for Mac <= 15.0.0.249 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-21)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 78442

Synopsis

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

Description

According to its version, the installation of Adobe AIR on the remote Mac OS X host is equal or prior to 15.0.0.249. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- Multiple memory corruption issues due to improperly sanitized user-supplied input allow arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2014-0564, CVE-2014-0558)

- An integer overflow issue due to improperly sanitized user-supplied input that allows arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2014-0569)

- An arbitrary code execution vulnerability due to the handling of a dereferenced memory pointer.
(CVE-2014-8439)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe AIR 15.0.0.293 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 78442

File Name: macosx_adobe_air_15_0_0_293.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/15/2014

Updated: 5/25/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

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-2014-8439

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: 10/14/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2014

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/15/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player casi32 Integer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0558, CVE-2014-0564, CVE-2014-0569, CVE-2014-8439

BID: 70437, 70441, 70442, 71289