Flash Player For Mac <= 16.0.0.257 Information Disclosure (APSB15-02)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 80947

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Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host has a browser plugin that is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

According to its version, the installation of Adobe Flash Player installed on the remote Mac OS X host is equal or prior to 16.0.0.257.
It is, therefore, affected by a memory leak that can allow bypassing of memory randomization mitigations, aiding in further attacks.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 16.0.0.287 or later.

Alternatively, Adobe has made version 13.0.0.262 available for those installations that cannot be upgraded to 16.x.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 80947

File Name: macosx_flash_player_16_0_0_287.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 1/23/2015

Updated: 5/25/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

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-2015-0310

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: 1/22/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2015

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0310

BID: 72261

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