VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2018-4878
Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 89.5%
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 89.53% probability · 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 November 2021 · due 3 May 2022 · used in ransomware campaigns
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- adobe/flash player · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
CISA notes
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4878
References
- http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.htmlTechnical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318Broken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaignThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0dayThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878Third Party Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/vulnerabilities-and-exploits/north-korean-hackers-allegedly-exploit-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-cve-2018-4878-against-south-korean-targetsTechnical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.htmlTechnical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318Broken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaignThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0dayThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878Third Party Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/vulnerabilities-and-exploits/north-korean-hackers-allegedly-exploit-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-cve-2018-4878-against-south-korean-targetsTechnical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196Issue Tracking
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-4878Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.