Flash Player for Mac <= 10.3.183.29 / 11.4.402.287 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-24)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 62838

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 11.x equal to or earlier than 11.4.402.287, or 10.x equal to or earlier than 10.3.183.29. It is, therefore, potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- Several unspecified issues exist that can lead to buffer overflows and arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, CVE-2012-5277, CVE-2012-5280)

- An unspecified security bypass issue exists that can lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2012-5278)

- An unspecified issue exists that can lead to memory corruption and arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2012-5279)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 10.3.183.43 / 11.5.502.110 or later.

See Also

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-24.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 62838

File Name: macosx_flash_player_11_5_502_110.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 11/7/2012

Updated: 12/4/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

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-2012-5280

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: 11/6/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, CVE-2012-5277, CVE-2012-5278, CVE-2012-5279, CVE-2012-5280

BID: 56542, 56543, 56544, 56545, 56546, 56547, 56554