PT-2016-2979 · Adobe+3 · Flash Player+3

Published 2016-10-12 · Updated 2019-05-16 · CVE-2016-4286

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 18.0.0.382 Adobe Flash Player versions 19.x through 23.x prior to 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 11.2.202.637 on Linux

Description The issue allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. It is related to insufficient access control in the Flash Player platform. Exploitation of this issue may enable a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption).

Recommendations For Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 18.0.0.382, update to version 18.0.0.382 or later. For Adobe Flash Player versions 19.x through 23.x prior to 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X, update to version 23.0.0.185 or later. For Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 11.2.202.637 on Linux, update to version 11.2.202.637 or later.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2090

ALT-PU-2016-2091

BDU:2016-02411

CVE-2016-4286

MGASA-2016-0346

RHSA-2016:2057

RHSA-2016_2057

SUSE-SU-2016:2512-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Flash Player

Red Hat

Suse

References · 30

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4286 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4286 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4286 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4286 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0346.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0346 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2512-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4286 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2057.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02411 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1004019 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6990 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6983 · Note