Flash Player for Mac <= 10.3.183.16 / 11.1.102.63 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB12-07)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 58540

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Synopsis

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

Description

According to its version, the instance of Flash Player installed on the remote Mac OS X host is 10.x equal to or earlier than 10.3.183.16 or 11.x equal to or earlier than 11.1.102.63. It is, therefore, reportedly affected by several critical memory corruption vulnerabilities :

- Memory corruption vulnerabilities related to URL security domain checking. (CVE-2012-0772)

- A flaw in the NetStream Class that could lead to remote code execution. (CVE-2012-0773)

By tricking a victim into visiting a specially crafted page, an attacker may be able to utilize these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code subject to the users' privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash version 11.2.202.228 / 10.3.183.18 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 58540

File Name: macosx_flash_player_11_2_202_228.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 3/30/2012

Updated: 11/18/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0772

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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: 3/28/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0772, CVE-2012-0773, CVE-2012-6270

BID: 52748

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