Microsoft Patch Tuesday - June 2018

Executive Summary Microsoft has released its monthly set of security advisories for vulnerabilities that have been identified and addressed in various products. This month's advisory release addresses 50 flaws, with 11 of them rated "critical," and 39 rated "important." These vulnerabilities impa...

Adobe Flash Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player is a widely used, proprietary multimedia program player originally written by Macromedia and continued to be developed and distributed by Adobe after Macromedia was acquired by Adobe. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and earlier...

Adobe Flash Player Type Obfuscation Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-11803)

Adobe Flash Player is a widely used, proprietary multimedia program player originally written by Macromedia and continued to be developed and distributed by Adobe after Macromedia was acquired by Adobe. Adobe Flash Player suffers from a type confusion vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this...

Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-11804)

Adobe Flash Player is a widely used, proprietary multimedia program player originally written by Macromedia and continued to be developed and distributed by Adobe after Macromedia was acquired by Adobe. Adobe Flash Player suffers from an integer overflow vulnerability. An attacker could exploit...

Adobe Flash Player Out-of-Bounds Memory Read Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-11830)

Adobe Flash Player is a widely used, proprietary multimedia program player originally written by Macromedia and continued to be developed and distributed by Adobe after Macromedia was acquired by Adobe. Adobe Flash Player suffers from an out-of-bounds memory read vulnerability. An attacker could...

Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion (APSB18-19: CVE-2018-4945)

A type confusion vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system...

Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow (APSB18-19: CVE-2018-5000)

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system...

Adobe Flash Player Out-of-bounds read (APSB18-19: CVE-2018-5001)

A out of bounds read vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information...

CVE-2018-5165

In 32-bit versions of Firefox, the Adobe Flash plugin setting for "Enable Adobe Flash protected mode" is unchecked by default even though the Adobe Flash sandbox is actually enabled. The displayed state is the reverse of the true setting, resulting in user confusion. This could cause users to...

Type confusion

In 32-bit versions of Firefox, the Adobe Flash plugin setting for "Enable Adobe Flash protected mode" is unchecked by default even though the Adobe Flash sandbox is actually enabled. The displayed state is the reverse of the true setting, resulting in user confusion. This could cause users to...

CVE-2018-5165

In 32-bit versions of Firefox, the Adobe Flash plugin setting for "Enable Adobe Flash protected mode" is unchecked by default even though the Adobe Flash sandbox is actually enabled. The displayed state is the reverse of the true setting, resulting in user confusion. This could cause users to...

CVE-2018-5165

In 32-bit versions of Firefox, the Adobe Flash plugin setting for "Enable Adobe Flash protected mode" is unchecked by default even though the Adobe Flash sandbox is actually enabled. The displayed state is the reverse of the true setting, resulting in user confusion. This could cause users to...

CVE-2018-5165

CVE-2018-5165 affects Firefox versions older than 60, where the 32‑bit Firefox/Adobe Flash protected mode checkbox is inverted in the UI: it appears off when protected mode is enabled, potentially leading users to disable protections. The underlying issue is a mismatch between the displayed state...

CVE-2018-5165

In 32-bit versions of Firefox, the Adobe Flash plugin setting for "Enable Adobe Flash protected mode" is unchecked by default even though the Adobe Flash sandbox is actually enabled. The displayed state is the reverse of the true setting, resulting in user confusion. This could cause users to...

A week in security (June 4 – June 10)

Last week on Labs, we took a look at hidden mobile ads, the perils of social media spam, and how to shore up your landline defenses. We also took a deep dive into Emotet malware analysis, and gave you some summertime safety tips. Other news Update your Adobe Flash player if you haven't already...

flash-plugin: Information Disclosure vulnerabilities (APSB18-19)

Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have an Out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure...

CVE-2018-5165: Undefined Security Weakness

In 32-bit versions of Firefox, the Adobe Flash plugin setting for "Enable Adobe Flash protected mode" is unchecked by default even though the Adobe Flash sandbox is actually enabled. The displayed state is the reverse of the true setting, resulting in user confusion. This could cause users to...

[ASA-201806-7] flashplugin: multiple issues

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201806-7 ========================================= Severity: Critical Date : 2018-06-09 CVE-ID : CVE-2018-4945 CVE-2018-5000 CVE-2018-5001 CVE-2018-5002 Package : flashplugin Type : multiple issues Remote : Yes Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-716 Summary...

Threatpost News Wrap Podcast for June 8

Threatpost editors Tom Spring, Tara Seals and Lindsey O’Donnell discuss the week’s information security news, including a bevy of IoT device privacy incidents, a critical Adobe Flash vulnerability, and an update on the breadth and impact of the VPNFilter malware found last month by Cisco Talos...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of June 4, 2018

It was a busy day yesterday, with Adobe issuing four emergency patches for their Flash Player, including one for a zero-day being actively exploited in the wild. Adobe has indicated that CVE-2018-5002 was discovered being used in limited, targeted attacks on Windows users in the wild. The attacks...