CVE-2018-4878 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285 https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaign 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://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/ https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/ https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html 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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8