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CVE-2018-4878
February 06, 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.
Related Resources (17)
https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0day
https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html
https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893
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://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139
https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaign
https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/
https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285
http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-4878
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-4878
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
ATTACKED
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Exploit Maturity
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
7.5
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Use After Free
CWE-416
EPSS
Base Score:
93.36