Attacker Value
Very High
CVE-2018-4878
CVE-2018-4878
(Last updated July 27, 2021) ▾
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Description
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.
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Technical Analysis
This CVE made it into US-CERT’s “Top 10” bulletin released in May, 2020 – https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-133a / https://web.archive.org/web/20200512161248/https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-133a
- Vulnerable Products: Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161
- Associated Malware: DOGCALL
- Mitigation: Update Adobe Flash Player installation to the latest version
- IOCs: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/analysis-reports/ar20-133d
CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Data provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Base Score:
9.8 Critical
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
3.9
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High
General Information
Products
- Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161
Exploited in the Wild
References
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