CVE-2018-4878 - Adobe Flash Player
AI Vulnerability ContextA 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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CISA KEVHIGH
- CVE ID
- CVE-2018-4878
- Vendor/project
- Adobe
- Product
- Flash Player
- Vulnerability name
- Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Date added
- 2021-11-03
- Due date
- 2022-05-03
- Known ransomware campaign use
- Known
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
CWE-416
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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4878CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-dataaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaignaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0dayaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/