Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-7858 - Use After Free vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.205 and earlier, 11.2.202.643 and earlier have an exploitable use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Windows NASL id FLASH_PLAYER_APSB16-37.NASL description The version of Adobe Flash Player installed on the remote Windows host is equal or prior to version 23.0.0.205. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Multiple use-after-free errors exist that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to visit a website containing specially crafted Flash content. (CVE-2016-7857, CVE-2016-7858, CVE-2016-7859, CVE-2016-7862, CVE-2016-7863, CVE-2016-7864) - Multiple type confusion errors exist that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to visit a website containing specially crafted Flash content. (CVE-2016-7860, CVE-2016-7861, CVE-2016-7865) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 94628 published 2016-11-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94628 title Adobe Flash Player <= 23.0.0.205 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-37) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(94628); script_version("1.9"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/12 15:01:52"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2016-7857", "CVE-2016-7858", "CVE-2016-7859", "CVE-2016-7860", "CVE-2016-7861", "CVE-2016-7862", "CVE-2016-7863", "CVE-2016-7864", "CVE-2016-7865" ); script_bugtraq_id(94151, 94153); script_name(english:"Adobe Flash Player <= 23.0.0.205 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-37)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Flash Player."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Windows host has a browser plugin installed that is affected by a multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of Adobe Flash Player installed on the remote Windows host is equal or prior to version 23.0.0.205. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Multiple use-after-free errors exist that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to visit a website containing specially crafted Flash content. (CVE-2016-7857, CVE-2016-7858, CVE-2016-7859, CVE-2016-7862, CVE-2016-7863, CVE-2016-7864) - Multiple type confusion errors exist that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to visit a website containing specially crafted Flash content. (CVE-2016-7860, CVE-2016-7861, CVE-2016-7865)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-37.html"); # http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0cb17c10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 23.0.0.207 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/11/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/11/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/11/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Windows"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("flash_player_installed.nasl"); script_require_keys("SMB/Flash_Player/installed"); exit(0); } include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/Flash_Player/installed"); # Identify vulnerable versions. info = ""; fix = NULL; variants = make_list( "Plugin", "ActiveX", "Chrome", "Chrome_Pepper" ); # we're checking for versions less than *or equal to* the cutoff! foreach variant (variants) { vers = get_kb_list("SMB/Flash_Player/"+variant+"/Version/*"); files = get_kb_list("SMB/Flash_Player/"+variant+"/File/*"); if(isnull(vers) || isnull(files)) continue; foreach key (keys(vers)) { ver = vers[key]; if(isnull(ver)) continue; if(ver_compare(ver:ver,fix:"23.0.0.205",strict:FALSE) <= 0) { num = key - ("SMB/Flash_Player/"+variant+"/Version/"); file = files["SMB/Flash_Player/"+variant+"/File/"+num]; if (variant == "Plugin") { info += '\n Product : Browser Plugin (for Firefox / Netscape / Opera)'; fix = "23.0.0.207"; } else if (variant == "ActiveX") { info += '\n Product : ActiveX control (for Internet Explorer)'; fix = "23.0.0.207"; } else if ("Chrome" >< variant) { info += '\n Product : Browser Plugin (for Google Chrome)'; if(variant == "Chrome") fix = "Upgrade to a version of Google Chrome running Flash Player 23.0.0.207"; } info += '\n Path : ' + file + '\n Installed version : ' + ver; if (variant == "Chrome_Pepper") info += '\n Fixed version : 23.0.0.207 (Chrome PepperFlash)'; else if(!isnull(fix)) info += '\n Fixed version : '+fix; info += '\n'; } } } if (info) { port = get_kb_item("SMB/transport"); if (!port) port = 445; if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:port, extra:info); else security_hole(port); } else { if (thorough_tests) exit(0, 'No vulnerable versions of Adobe Flash Player were found.'); else exit(1, 'Google Chrome\'s built-in Flash Player may not have been detected because the \'Perform thorough tests\' setting was not enabled.'); }
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201611-18.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201611-18 (Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 95269 published 2016-11-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95269 title GLSA-201611-18 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins NASL id SMB_NT_MS16-141.NASL description The remote Windows host is missing KB3202790. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Multiple use-after-free errors exist that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to visit a website containing specially crafted Flash content. (CVE-2016-7857, CVE-2016-7858, CVE-2016-7859, CVE-2016-7862, CVE-2016-7863, CVE-2016-7864) - Multiple type confusion errors exist that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to visit a website containing specially crafted Flash content. (CVE-2016-7860, CVE-2016-7861, CVE-2016-7865) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 94642 published 2016-11-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94642 title MS16-141: Security Update for Adobe Flash Player (3202790) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2016-1286.NASL description This update to Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.644 fixes the following security issues : - type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-7860, CVE-2016-7861, CVE-2016-7865) - use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-7857, CVE-2016-7858, CVE-2016-7859, CVE-2016-7862, CVE-2016-7863, CVE-2016-7864) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-11-14 plugin id 94755 published 2016-11-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94755 title openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-2016-1286) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2016-2778-1.NASL description This update to Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.644 fixes the following security issues : - type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-7860, CVE-2016-7861, CVE-2016-7865) - use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-7857, CVE-2016-7858, CVE-2016-7859, CVE-2016-7862, CVE-2016-7863, CVE-2016-7864) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 94739 published 2016-11-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94739 title SUSE SLED12 Security Update : flash-player (SUSE-SU-2016:2778-1) NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_FLASH_PLAYER_APSB16-37.NASL description The version of Adobe Flash Player installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is equal or prior to version 23.0.0.205. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Multiple use-after-free errors exist that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to visit a website containing specially crafted Flash content. (CVE-2016-7857, CVE-2016-7858, CVE-2016-7859, CVE-2016-7862, CVE-2016-7863, CVE-2016-7864) - Multiple type confusion errors exist that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to visit a website containing specially crafted Flash content. (CVE-2016-7860, CVE-2016-7861, CVE-2016-7865) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 94629 published 2016-11-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94629 title Adobe Flash Player for Mac <= 23.0.0.205 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-37) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2016-2676.NASL description An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in. This update upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.644. Security Fix(es) : * This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities, detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin listed in the References section, could allow an attacker to create a specially crafted SWF file that would cause flash-plugin to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when the victim loaded a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2016-7857, CVE-2016-7858, CVE-2016-7859, CVE-2016-7860, CVE-2016-7861, CVE-2016-7862, CVE-2016-7863, CVE-2016-7864, CVE-2016-7865) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 94665 published 2016-11-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94665 title RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2016:2676) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2016-1285.NASL description This update to Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.644 fixes the following security issues : - type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-7860, CVE-2016-7861, CVE-2016-7865) - use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-7857, CVE-2016-7858, CVE-2016-7859, CVE-2016-7862, CVE-2016-7863, CVE-2016-7864) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-11-11 plugin id 94695 published 2016-11-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94695 title openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-2016-1285) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_96F6BF10A73111E695CA0011D823EEBD.NASL description Adobe reports : - These updates resolve type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-7860, CVE-2016-7861, CVE-2016-7865). - These updates resolve use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-7857, CVE-2016-7858, CVE-2016-7859, CVE-2016-7862, CVE-2016-7863, CVE-2016-7864). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 94692 published 2016-11-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94692 title FreeBSD : flash -- multiple vulnerabilities (96f6bf10-a731-11e6-95ca-0011d823eebd)
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References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-37.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94153
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-18
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-595
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2676.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037240
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-141