Flash Player < 11.2.202.643 / 23.0.0.205 RCE (APSB16-36)

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9801

Synopsis

The remote host is running an outdated version of Adobe Flash Player that is affected by a remote code execution (RCE) attack vector.

Description

Versions of Adobe Flash Player prior to 11.2.202.643 and 23.0.0.205 are unpatched, and therefore affected by a flaw that is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 23.0.0.205 or later. If 23.x cannot be obtained, version 11.2.202.643 has also been patched for this vulnerability.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 9801

Family: Web Clients

Published: 11/23/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 92024

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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: 9.4

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:flash_player

Patch Publication Date: 10/26/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4234

BID: 91725

Detections

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