CVE-2015-5119

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Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ByteArray class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0.296 and 14.x through 18.0.0.194 on Windows and OS X and 11.x through 11.2.202.468 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted Flash content that overrides a valueOf function, as exploited in the wild in July 2015.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.93205

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Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
SSVC exploitation status: active
EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
EPSS percentile: top 0% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules8 YARA rules1

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Required Remediation

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

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Threat Actors Linked

actorAPT17

actorAPT3

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Weakness Classification

CWE-416Use After Free

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Affected Products & Versions

adobe flash player>= 13.0.0.182 and <= 13.0.0296
adobe flash player>= 14.0.0.125 and <= 18.0.0.194
adobe flash player<= 11.2.202.468
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat enterprise linux server ausall versions
redhat enterprise linux server from rhuiall versions
Show all 13 affected productsredhat enterprise linux workstationall versions
opensuse evergreenall versions
opensuseall versions
suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
suse linux enterprise workstation extensionall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

remoteAdobe Flash Player - ByteArray Use-After-Free (Metasploit)verified

pocpacketstormsecurity.com · Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-Use-After-Free.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

productcriticalHackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution

productcriticalWindows Credential Editor Registry

producthighOpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication

producthighWindows LAPS Credential Dump From Entra ID

producthighTamper Windows Defender - PSClassic

producthighTamper Windows Defender Remove-MpPreference - ScriptBlockLogging

Show all 8 top matches

producthighTamper Windows Defender - ScriptBlockLogging

producthighFlash Player Update from Suspicious Location

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Scoring & Timeline

9.8

CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · psirt@adobe.com

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD08 Jul 2015 · 02:59 PM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment

Exploitation

active

Automatable

Technical impact

total

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Vendor Advisories

cisaKEV-CVE-2015-5119
rhsaRHSA-2015:1214Critical
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1211-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/unpatched-flash-player-flaws-more-pocs-found-in-hacking-team-leak/Broken Link

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00016.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.htmlThird Party Advisory

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http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/618168863708962816Broken Link

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561288Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uafThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195AThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.htmlBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.htmlBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196Issue Tracking

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5119US Government Resource

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