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CVE-2018-4878

Date: February 6, 2018

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.

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (17)

Url: https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/

Url: https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-4878

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893

Url: https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4878

Url: http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html

Url: https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/

Url: https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878

Url: https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaign

Url: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/vulnerabilities-and-exploits/north-korean-hackers-allegedly-exploit-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-cve-2018-4878-against-south-korean-targets

Url: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html

Url: https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0day

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-4878

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2018-4878

Date: February 6, 2018

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