Adobe Flash Player Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1031525 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1031525
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2015-0301, CVE-2015-0302, CVE-2015-0303, CVE-2015-0304, CVE-2015-0305, CVE-2015-0306, CVE-2015-0307, CVE-2015-0308, CVE-2015-0309
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jan 13 2015
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Impact:
Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities were reported in Adobe Flash Player. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system. A remote user can obtain potentially sensitive information.
A remote user can create specially crafted Flash content that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
Memory corruption flaws may occur [CVE-2015-0303, CVE-2015-0306].
Heap overflows may occur [CVE-2015-0304, CVE-2015-0309].
A type confusion flaw may occur [CVE-2015-0305].
A use-after-free memory error may occur [CVE-2015-0308].
A remote user can trigger out-of-bounds memory read error to obtain memory addresses [CVE-2015-0307].
A remote user can trigger an improper file validation flaw [CVE-2015-0301]. The impact was not specified.
A remote user can capture keystrokes on the target system [CVE-2015-0302].
Xiaoning Li of Intel Labs and Haifei Li of McAfee Labs IPS Team, Tavis Ormandy and Chris Evans of Google Project Zero, bilou (via Verisign's iDefense Vulnerability Contributor Program), Natalie Silvanovich (via Google Project Zero), bilou (via HP's Zero Day Initiative), Fermin J. Serna of the Google Security Team, Chris Evans of Google Project Zero, and Yang Dingning (via Chromium Vulnerability Rewards Program) reported these vulnerabilities.
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Impact:
A remote user can create a file that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
A remote user can obtain potentially sensitive information, including keystrokes on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (16.0.0.257 for Windows and Mac, ESR 13.0.0.260, 11.2.202.429 for Linux).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-01.html
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Vendor URL: helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-01.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error, Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (macOS/OS X), Windows (Any)
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