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Adobe Flash Player for Mac <= 24.0.0.186 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-02)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96389

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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 24.0.0.186. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - Multiple memory corruption issues exist that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2925, CVE-2017-2926, CVE-2017-2928, CVE-2017-2930, CVE-2017-2931)

 - Multiple heap buffer overflow conditions exist that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2927, CVE-2017-2933, CVE-2017-2934, CVE-2017-2935)

 - Multiple use-after-free errors exist that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2932, CVE-2017-2936, CVE-2017-2937)

 - A security bypass vulnerability exists that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2017-2938)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 24.0.0.194 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-02.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96389

File Name: macosx_flash_player_apsb17-02.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 1/10/2017

Updated: 1/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

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-2017-2937

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: 1/10/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2925, CVE-2017-2926, CVE-2017-2927, CVE-2017-2928, CVE-2017-2930, CVE-2017-2931, CVE-2017-2932, CVE-2017-2933, CVE-2017-2934, CVE-2017-2935, CVE-2017-2936, CVE-2017-2937, CVE-2017-2938

BID: 95341, 95342, 95347, 95350