Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161 | affected Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161 |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html
- https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html
- https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaign
- https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139
- https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0day
- 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
- https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878
- https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html
- https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html
- https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaign
- https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139
- https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0day
- 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
- https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878
- https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/
No English description supplied.