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Flash Player Unsupported Version Detection

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9376

Synopsis

The remote host contains an unsupported version of Flash Player.

Description

The remote host has Adobe Flash Player installed. One or more versions of Flash Player earlier than 10.x are installed on the remote host. Such versions are no longer supported by Adobe and are likely to contain security vulnerabilities.

Solution

Upgrade to an actively maintained version of Flash player.

See Also

http://www.adobe.com/support/programs/policies/supported.html

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/406/kb406791.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 9376

Family: Web Clients

Published: 6/21/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 59196, 59197

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2013