CVE-2018-4878

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor: Adobe
Status: Adobe Flash Player Before 28.0.0.161
Vendor: CVE Published:; 6 February 2018

Badges

💰 Ransomware👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 97%🦅 CISA Reported

Summary

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.

CISA Reported

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed as being exploited and is known by the CISA as enabling ransomware campaigns.

The CISA's recommendation is: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Affected Version(s)

Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161 Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2018-4878 - Proof of Concept