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Adobe Flash Player for Mac <= 26.0.0.131 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-21)

high Nessus Plugin ID 101363

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Synopsis

The remote macOS or 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 macOS or Mac OS X host is equal or prior to version 26.0.0.131. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - An information disclosure vulnerability exists due to an unspecified flaw. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to visit a website containing specially crafted Flash content, to disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2017-3080)

 - A remote code execution vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to visit a website containing specially crafted Flash content, to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-3099)

 - An information disclosure vulnerability exists that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to corrupt memory and disclose memory addresses. (CVE-2017-3100)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 26.0.0.137 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-21.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101363

File Name: macosx_flash_player_apsb17-21.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 7/11/2017

Updated: 12/12/2025

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-2017-3099

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

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: 7/11/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-3080, CVE-2017-3099, CVE-2017-3100

BID: 99519, 99520, 99523