Detections
Analytics
Flash Player <= 16.0.0.287 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-03)
high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8659
Synopsis
The remote host is running an outdated version of Adobe Flash Player for Internet Explorer that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
Versions of Adobe Flash player equal or prior to 16.0.0.287 are outdated and thus unpatched for the following vulnerabilities :- A use-after-free error exists that allows an attacker to crash the application or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0311)
- A double-free error exists that allows an attacker to crash the application or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0312)
Solution
Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 16.0.0.296 or later.\n\nAlternatively, Adobe has made version 13.0.0.264 available for those installs that cannot be upgraded to 16.x.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?0cb17c10
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-03.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 8659
Family: Web Clients
Published: 3/27/2015
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 80998
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.6
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: 1/22/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2015
Exploitable With
Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player ByteArray UncompressViaZlibVariant Use After Free)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-0311, CVE-2015-0312