Flash Player <= 11.7.700.260 / 12.0.0.43 Remote Code Execution (APSB14-04)

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8109

Synopsis

The remote host contains a browser plug-in that is vulnerable to remote code execution.

Description

Versions of Flash earlier than 11.7.700.260 / 12.0.0.43 are vulnerable to remote code execution, 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 11.7.700.261 / 12.0.0.44 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 8109

Family: Web Clients

Published: 2/10/2014

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: 1/14/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2014

Exploitable With

Metasploit (windows/browser/adobe_flash_avm2.rb)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0497

BID: 65327

Detections

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