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Adobe Flash Player for Mac <= 19.0.0.207 Vulnerability (APSB15-27)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 86424

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Adobe Flash Player installed on the remote Mac OS X host is equal or prior to version 19.0.0.207. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - Multiple type confusion errors exist that allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-7645, CVE-2015-7647, CVE-2015-7648)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 19.0.0.226 or later.

Alternatively, Adobe has made version 18.0.0.255 available for those installations that cannot be upgraded to the latest version.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-27.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?0cb17c10

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 86424

File Name: macosx_flash_player_apsb15-27.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/19/2015

Updated: 3/8/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7648

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: 10/16/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2015

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7645, CVE-2015-7647, CVE-2015-7648