ghsa-2rf4-mpg3-phjw
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:02
Modified
2025-01-23 18:31
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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{
   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2018-4878",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-416",
      ],
      github_reviewed: false,
      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2018-02-06T21:29:00Z",
      severity: "CRITICAL",
   },
   details: "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.",
   id: "GHSA-2rf4-mpg3-phjw",
   modified: "2025-01-23T18:31:04Z",
   published: "2022-05-13T01:02:18Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4878",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaign",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0day",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "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",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
}


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