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CVE-2015-0313 KEVPublic exploit Critical · 9.8 EPSS 95.3%

Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Adobe · Flash Player

Summary

A use-after-free flaw in Adobe Flash Player, affecting the Flash Player product across its Windows, OS X and Linux builds in the affected version ranges. A remote attacker with no privileges or user interaction required can exploit it through unspecified vectors to execute arbitrary code.

Official description · NVD

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.442 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in February 2015, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0315, CVE-2015-0320, and CVE-2015-0322.

Breakdown
76.0 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in CISA KEV
Reports
2
Tactics
0/15

First seen exploited 19 days before it was disclosed. Public exploit code (Metasploit) was available the same day.

  1. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence19 days before
  2. DisclosedPublic exploit codeMetasploitday 0
  3. Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+7 yrs

CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.

techniques

No techniques linked

No high- or medium-confidence techniques. The 2 available links are lower confidence and listed below.

Lower-confidence links (2)

These come from early or generic mappings, text matching, or contradict this CVE’s details (for example a public-facing technique on a bug that needs a user to open a file). Shown for completeness.

  • Drive-by CompromiseT1189 server-side bug exploitable without user interaction; client-execution technique does not fit
  • Exploitation for Client ExecutionT1203 server-side bug exploitable without user interaction; client-execution technique does not fit

What security researchers reported

Named in 2 threat reports
2 reportsMicrosoft2

Reports are matched by finding the exact id CVE-2015-0313 in their text; nobody has reviewed the match. One passage is shown per report, at most 320 characters, linked to the original.

Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

References

18 links, grouped by NVD tag (16 duplicates merged)
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