CVE-2018-4878: Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161 vulnerability
Adobe · Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161
Fixed in 28.0.0.161 · Affected: Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161 before 28.0.0.161 · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 3 Nov 2021
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
ExploitationIn CISA KEV
- In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue3 Nov 2021
- Exploited (reported): not seen
- Scanning observed: not seen
- Proof of concept public: not seen
- Not established: not seen
Higher than 99% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161. This vulnerability occurs due to a dangling pointer in the Primetime SDK related to media player handling of listener objects. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution. This was exploited in the wild in January and February 2018.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
- CISA KEV
- Listed since 3 Nov 2021 · known ransomware use · catalogue entry
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Adobe
- Published
- February 2018
What changed
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA KEV cataloguecisa.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-416cwe.mitre.org
- Vendor advisoryaccess.redhat.com
- blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.htmlblog.talosintelligence.com
- threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/1threatpost.com
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.htmlhelpx.adobe.com
- securitytracker.com/id/1040318securitytracker.com
- securityfocus.com/bid/102893securityfocus.com
- fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobfireeye.com
- blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wiblog.morphisec.com
- darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-redarkreading.com
- github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adogithub.com
- trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/vulnerabilities-and-exploitrendmicro.com
- github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878github.com
4 more references are in the CVE record.