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HistoryNov 08, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

Adobe Flash AS2 extends Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2016-11-0800:00:00
Archer
www.zerodayinitiative.com
12

0.018 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.2%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Flash. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of AS2’s extends operator. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.