Flash Player < 20.0.0.267 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-01)

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9041

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 prior to 20.0.0.267 are outdated and thus unpatched for the following vulnerabilities :

- A type confusion error exists that a remote attacker can exploit to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8644)
- An integer overflow condition exists that a remote attacker can exploit to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8651)
- Multiple use-after-free errors exist that a remote attacker can exploit to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8638, CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641, CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8646, CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649, CVE-2015-8650)
- Multiple memory corruption issues exist that allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8459, CVE-2015-8460, CVE-2015-8636, CVE-2015-8645)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 20.0.0.267 or later. If 20.x cannot be obtained, ESR version 18.0.0.324 has also been patched for these vulnerabilities.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0cb17c10

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?fc0b8343

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 9041

Family: Web Clients

Published: 1/8/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 87657, 87659

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8459, CVE-2015-8460, CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8636, CVE-2015-8638, CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641, CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8644, CVE-2015-8645, CVE-2015-8646, CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649, CVE-2015-8650, CVE-2015-8651