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CVE-2016-1019

Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in April 2016.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.56698 Ransomware: known
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  • Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
  • Linked to known ransomware campaigns
  • SSVC exploitation status: active
  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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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

1
actorAPT38
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Affected Products & Versions

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adobe flash player desktop runtime<= 21.0.0.197
adobe flash player<= 18.0.0.333
adobe flash player<= 21.0.0.197
adobe flash player<= 11.2.202.577
adobe air desktop runtime<= 21.0.0.176
adobe air sdk<= 21.0.0.176
adobe air sdk \& compiler<= 21.0.0.176
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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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
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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 NVD07 Apr 2016 · 10:59 AM
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
no
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

4
cisaKEV-CVE-2016-1019
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:1305-1
rhsaRHSA-2016:0610Critical
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:0990-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/?p=1330Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00009.htmlBroken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00010.htmlBroken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00012.htmlBroken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00055.htmlBroken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.htmlBroken Link
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