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Adobe Flash Player <= 18.0.0.194 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-16)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 84642

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host has a browser plugin installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Adobe Flash Player installed on the remote Windows host is equal or prior to version 18.0.0.194. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - An information disclosure vulnerability exists that allows an attacker to guess the address for the Flash heap. (CVE-2015-3097)

 - Multiple heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist that allow arbitrary code execution.
 (CVE-2015-3135, CVE-2015-4432, CVE-2015-5118)

 - Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist that allow arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2015-3117, CVE-2015-3123, CVE-2015-3130, CVE-2015-3133, CVE-2015-3134, CVE-2015-4431)

 - Multiple NULL pointer dereference flaws exist.
 (CVE-2015-3126, CVE-2015-4429)

 - A security bypass vulnerability exists that results in an information disclosure. (CVE-2015-3114)

 - Multiple type confusion vulnerabilities exist that allow arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2015-3119, CVE-2015-3120, CVE-2015-3121, CVE-2015-3122, CVE-2015-4433)

 - Multiple use-after-free errors exist that allow arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2015-3118, CVE-2015-3124, CVE-2015-5117, CVE-2015-3127, CVE-2015-3128, CVE-2015-3129, CVE-2015-3131, CVE-2015-3132, CVE-2015-3136, CVE-2015-3137, CVE-2015-4428, CVE-2015-4430, CVE-2015-5119)

 - Multiple same-origin policy bypass vulnerabilities exist that allow information disclosure. (CVE-2014-0578, CVE-2015-3115, CVE-2015-3116, CVE-2015-3125, CVE-2015-5116)

 - A memory corruption issue exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5124)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 18.0.0.203 or later.

Alternatively, Adobe has made version 13.0.0.302 available for those installations that cannot be upgraded to 18.x.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?0cb17c10

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 84642

File Name: flash_player_apsb15-16.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/9/2015

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

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-2015-5124

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player

Required KB Items: SMB/Flash_Player/installed

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2015

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player ByteArray Use After Free)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0578, CVE-2015-3097, CVE-2015-3114, CVE-2015-3115, CVE-2015-3116, CVE-2015-3117, CVE-2015-3118, CVE-2015-3119, CVE-2015-3120, CVE-2015-3121, CVE-2015-3122, CVE-2015-3123, CVE-2015-3124, CVE-2015-3125, CVE-2015-3126, CVE-2015-3127, CVE-2015-3128, CVE-2015-3129, CVE-2015-3130, CVE-2015-3131, CVE-2015-3132, CVE-2015-3133, CVE-2015-3134, CVE-2015-3135, CVE-2015-3136, CVE-2015-3137, CVE-2015-4428, CVE-2015-4429, CVE-2015-4430, CVE-2015-4431, CVE-2015-4432, CVE-2015-4433, CVE-2015-5116, CVE-2015-5117, CVE-2015-5118, CVE-2015-5119, CVE-2015-5124

BID: 75090, 75568, 75590, 75591, 75592, 75593, 75594, 75595, 75596