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CVE-2018-4878 Detail

Current 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.

Source:  MITRE
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.8 CRITICAL
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9

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 v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Insufficient_Info
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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

Technical Details

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Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Up to (excluding)
28.0.0.161
Running on/with
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 3 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:*
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Up to (excluding)
28.0.0.161
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer_11:*:*
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Up to (excluding)
28.0.0.161
Running on/with
 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 4 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*
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Up to (excluding)
28.0.0.161
Running on/with
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-4878
NVD Published Date:
02/06/2018
NVD Last Modified:
05/03/2018