Flash Player < 27.0.0.130 Multiple RCE (APSB17-28)

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 700425

Synopsis

The remote host is running an outdated version of Adobe Flash Player that is affected by multiple remote code execution (RCE) attack vectors.

Description

Versions of Adobe Flash Player prior to 27.0.0.130 are unpatched, and therefore affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- An unspecified memory corruption flaw exists that is caused by input not being properly validated. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to visit a website containing specially crafted Flash content, to to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11281, CVE-2017-11282)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 27.0.0.130 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-28.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 700425

Family: Web Clients

Published: 3/20/2019

Updated: 4/9/2019

Nessus ID: 103124

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11281, CVE-2017-11282

BID: 100710, 100716