Flash Player for Mac <= 11.7.700.269 / 12.0.0.70 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-08) (Mac OS X)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72938

Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host has a browser plugin that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its version, the instance of Flash Player installed on the remote Mac OS X host is equal or prior to 11.7.700.269 / 11.8.x / 11.9.x / 12.0.0.70. It is, therefore, potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A vulnerability exists that could be used to bypass the same origin policy. (CVE-2014-0503)

- A vulnerability exists that could be used to read the contents of the clipboard. (CVE-2014-0504)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 11.7.700.272 / 12.0.0.77 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-08.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72938

File Name: macosx_flash_player_12_0_0_77.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 3/11/2014

Updated: 11/26/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0503

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Flash_Player/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0503, CVE-2014-0504

BID: 66122, 66127