An Out-of-bounds Read issue was discovered in Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.137. This vulnerability occurs because of computation that reads data that is past the end of the target buffer. The use of an invalid (out-of-range) pointer offset during access of internal data structure fields causes the vulnerability. A successful attack can lead to sensitive data exposure.

Versions of Adobe Flash Player prior to 28.0.0.137 are unpatched, and therefore affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201803-08 (Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player.
      Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the       privileges of the process or bypass security restrictions.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:0081 advisory.

  - flash-plugin: unintended reset of global settings preference file vulnerability (APSB17-42)     (CVE-2017-11305)

  - flash-plugin: out-of-bounds read causing information leak (APSB18-01) (CVE-2018-4871)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Adobe reports :

- This update resolves an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2018-4871).

The remote Windows host is missing security update KB4056887. It is, therefore, affected by a an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.

The version of Adobe Flash Player installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is equal or prior to version 28.0.0.126. It is, therefore, affected by a an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.

The version of Adobe Flash Player installed on the remote Windows host is equal or prior to version 28.0.0.126. It is, therefore, affected by a an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
700429	Flash Player < 28.0.0.137 Information Disclosure (APSB18-01)	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
108434	GLSA-201803-08 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities (Underminer)	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
105743	RHEL 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2018:0081)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
105712	FreeBSD : Flash Player -- information disclosure (9c016563-f582-11e7-b33c-6451062f0f7a)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
105693	KB4056887: Security update for Adobe Flash Player (January 2018)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high
105692	Adobe Flash Player for Mac <= 28.0.0.126 (APSB18-01)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
105691	Adobe Flash Player <= 28.0.0.126 (APSB18-01)	Nessus	Windows	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2018-4871

high

Tenable Plugins

medium

critical

high

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high

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