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CVE-2016-7892

Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the TextField class. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.21966
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  • Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
  • SSVC exploitation status: active
  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 4% 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

2
actorAPT37
actorStrongPity / Promethium
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Weakness Classification

CWE-416Use After Free
CWE-416Use After Free
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Affected Products & Versions

3
adobe flash player desktop runtime<= 23.0.0.207
adobe flash player<= 23.0.0.207
adobe flash player<= 11.2.202.644
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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

8.8
HIGH · 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 NVD15 Dec 2016 · 06:59 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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

3
cisaKEV-CVE-2016-7892
rhsaRHSA-2016:2947Critical
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:3148-1
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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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00064.htmlBroken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00112.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94877Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037442Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-154PatchThird Party Advisory
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