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Source: Adobe Security Advisory
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Security Advisory for Flash Player | APSA18-01
Bulletin ID
Date Published
Priority
APSA18-01
February 1, 2018
1
Summary
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2018-4878) exists in Adobe Flash Player 28.0.0.137 and earlier versions. Successful exploitation could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
Adobe is aware of a report that an exploit for CVE-2018-4878 exists in the wild, and is being used in limited, targeted attacks against Windows users. These attacks leverage Office documents with embedded malicious Flash content distributed via email.
Adobe will address this vulnerability in a release planned for the week of February 5.
For the latest information, users may monitor the Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team blog.
Affected Product Versions
Product
Version
Platform
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime
28.0.0.137 and earlier versions
Windows, Macintosh
Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome
28.0.0.137 and earlier versions
Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome OS
Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11
28.0.0.137 and earlier versions
Windows 10 and 8.1
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime
28.0.0.137 and earlier versions
Linux
To verify the version of Adobe Flash Player installed on your system, access the About Flash Player page, or right- click on content running in Flash Player and select "About Adobe (or Macromedia) Flash Player" from the menu. If you use multiple browsers, perform the check for each browser you have installed on your system.
Mitigations
Beginning with Flash Player 27, administrators have the ability to change Flash Player's behavior when running on Internet Explorer on Windows 7 and below by prompting the user before playing SWF content. For more details, see this administration guide.
Administrators may also consider implementing Protected View for Office. Protected View opens a file marked as potentially unsafe in Read-only mode.
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability Category
Vulnerability Impact
Severity
CVE Number
Use-after-free
Remote Code Execution
Critical
CVE-2018-4878
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank KrCERT/CC for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.
Source: Adobe Security Advisory
Latest Version of Adobe Flash Player - Windows 10 Forums
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