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Adobe AIR < 19.0.0.241 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-28)

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9042

Synopsis

The remote host is running an outdated version of Adobe AIR.

Description

Versions of Adobe AIR prior to 19.0.0.241 are outdated and thus unpatched for the following vulnerabilities :

 - A type confusion error exists that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-7659)
 - A security bypass vulnerability exists that allows an attacker to write arbitrary data to the file system under user permissions. (CVE-2015-7662)
 - Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities exist that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-7651, CVE-2015-7652, CVE-2015-7653, CVE-2015-7654, CVE-2015-7655, CVE-2015-7656, CVE-2015-7657, CVE-2015-7658, CVE-2015-7660, CVE-2015-7661, CVE-2015-7663, CVE-2015-8042, CVE-2015-8043, CVE-2015-8044, CVE-2015-8046)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe AIR 19.0.0.241 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-28.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 9042

Family: Web Clients

Published: 1/8/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 86850, 86853

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

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: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:adobe_air

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7651, CVE-2015-7652, CVE-2015-7653, CVE-2015-7654, CVE-2015-7655, CVE-2015-7656, CVE-2015-7657, CVE-2015-7658, CVE-2015-7659, CVE-2015-7660, CVE-2015-7661, CVE-2015-7662, CVE-2015-7663, CVE-2015-8042, CVE-2015-8043, CVE-2015-8044, CVE-2015-8046