Adobe Shockwave Player <= 12.1.8.158 Multiple RCE Vulnerabilities (APSB15-17)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 84765

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a web browser plugin that is affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote Windows host contains a version of Adobe Shockwave Player that is prior to or equal to 12.1.8.158. It is, therefore, affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities :

- An unspecified memory corruption issue exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5120)

- An unspecified memory corruption issue exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5121)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Shockwave Player 12.1.9.159 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 84765

File Name: shockwave_player_apsb15-17.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/15/2015

Updated: 11/22/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5121

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player

Required KB Items: SMB/shockwave_player

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5120, CVE-2015-5121

BID: 75736

Detections

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