Flash Player < 28.0.0.137 Information Disclosure (APSB18-01)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 700429

Synopsis

The remote host is running an outdated version of Adobe Flash Player that is affected by an out-of-bounds attack vector.

Description

Versions of Adobe Flash Player prior to 28.0.0.137 are unpatched, and therefore affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 28.0.0.137 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-01.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 700429

Family: Web Clients

Published: 3/20/2019

Updated: 4/9/2019

Nessus ID: 105691

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-4871

BID: 102465