CVE-2018-4878: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
High · CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 90.3%, 100th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: adobe
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Known.
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161. This vulnerability occurs due to a dangling pointer in the Primetime SDK related to media player handling of listener objects. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution. This was exploited in the wild in January and February 2018.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html (opens in new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285 (opens in new tab)
- blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campa… (opens in new tab)
- github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF… (opens in new tab)
- github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878 (opens in new tab)
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html (opens in new tab)
- securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/ (opens in new tab)
- threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/ (opens in new tab)
- www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-… (opens in new tab)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/ (opens in new tab)
- www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html (opens in new tab)
- www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/vulnerabilities-and-exploits/north-korean-hack… (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893 (opens in new tab)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)