Flash Player < 12.0.0.44 (inferred) RCE (APSB14-04)

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8108

Synopsis

The remote host is running a browser plugin that is vulnerable to remote code execution.

Description

Versions of Adobe Flash Player equal or prior to 12.0.0.43 are outdated and thus unpatched for a remote code execution vulnerability, though no further details have been released by the vendor (CVE-2014-0491).

Exploits against this vulnerability are known to be used in the wild.

Solution

Upgrade to Flash Player 12.0.0.44 or later. For Linux users, upgrade to version 11.2.202.336 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 8108

Family: Web Clients

Published: 2/11/2014

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 72286

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

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: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2014

Exploitable With

Metasploit (windows/browser/adobe_flash_avm2.rb)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0497

BID: 65327

Detections

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