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Flash Player for Mac <= 15.0.0.167 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-22)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 78443
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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 installation of Adobe Flash Player installed on the remote Mac OS X host is equal or prior to 15.0.0.167.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 Flash Player version 15.0.0.189 or later.Alternatively, Adobe has made version 13.0.0.250 available for those installations that cannot be upgraded to 15.x.
See Also
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 78443
File Name: macosx_flash_player_15_0_0_189.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: macosx
Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks
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:flash_player
Required KB Items: MacOSX/Flash_Player/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