9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.974 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.9%
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.
Recent assessments:
hrbrmstr at May 12, 2020 7:50pm UTC reported:
This CVE made it into US-CERTβs βTop 10β bulletin released in May, 2020 β <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>
Assessed Attacker Value: 5
Assessed Attacker Value: 5Assessed Attacker Value: 5
blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285
blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaign
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-4878
github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0day
github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878
helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html
securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism
threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742
www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412
www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html
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-targets
www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-133a
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.974 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.9%