Adobe Flash Player for Mac <= 20.0.0.286 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-04)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 88641

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VPR Score: 8.9

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 prior or equal to version 20.0.0.286. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - A type confusion error exists that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0985)

 - Multiple use-after-free errors exist that allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, CVE-2016-0983, CVE-2016-0984)

 - A heap buffer overflow condition exist that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0971)

 - Multiple memory corruption issues exist that allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2016-0964, CVE-2016-0965, CVE-2016-0966, CVE-2016-0967, CVE-2016-0968, CVE-2016-0969, CVE-2016-0970, CVE-2016-0972, CVE-2016-0976, CVE-2016-0977, CVE-2016-0978, CVE-2016-0979, CVE-2016-0980, CVE-2016-0981)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 20.0.0.306 or later.

Alternatively, Adobe has made version 18.0.0.329 available for those installations that cannot be upgraded to the latest version.

See Also

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

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 88641

File Name: macosx_flash_player_apsb16-04.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 2/9/2016

Updated: 11/20/2019

Dependencies: macosx_flash_player_installed.nasl

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Critical

VPR Score: 8.9

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0984

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Flash_Player/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0964, CVE-2016-0965, CVE-2016-0966, CVE-2016-0967, CVE-2016-0968, CVE-2016-0969, CVE-2016-0970, CVE-2016-0971, CVE-2016-0972, CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0976, CVE-2016-0977, CVE-2016-0978, CVE-2016-0979, CVE-2016-0980, CVE-2016-0981, CVE-2016-0982, CVE-2016-0983, CVE-2016-0984, CVE-2016-0985