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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161
Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161affected
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/ ↗
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-4878 ↗
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196 ↗