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CVE-2018-4878

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.

Published

2018-02-06T21:29:00.347

Last Modified

2025-02-13T17:38:59.347

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-416
Type: Secondary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	adobe	flash_player	< 28.0.0.161	Yes
Operating System	apple	macos	-	No
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	-	No
Operating System	microsoft	windows	-	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	Yes
Application	adobe	flash_player	< 28.0.0.161	Yes
Application	adobe	flash_player	< 28.0.0.161	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_10	*	No
Operating System	microsoft	windows_8.1	*	No
Application	adobe	flash_player	< 28.0.0.161	Yes
Operating System	apple	macos	-	No
Operating System	google	chrome_os	-	No
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	-	No
Operating System	microsoft	windows	-	No

References

http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html Technical Description, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318 Broken Link ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaign Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0day Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139 Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
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 Technical Description, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html Technical Description, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaign Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0day Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139 Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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 Technical Description, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)