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CVE-2015-5554
published 2015-08-14

CVE-2015-5554: Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.232 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.508 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.199, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.199, and…

PriorityP266critical10CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
42.34%
98.6th percentile
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.232 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.508 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.199, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.199, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.199 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5555, CVE-2015-5558, and CVE-2015-5562.

Affected

5 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
adobeair<= 18.0.0.180
adobeair_sdk<= 18.0.0.180
adobeair_sdk_compiler<= 18.0.0.180
adobeflash_player<= 11.2.202.491
adobeflash_player<= 18.0.0.209

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

urlhttps://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/37876.zip
  • XMLSocket.connect() called on a BitmapData object (type confusion via destructor not cleared before setting user data) — monitor SWF files invoking XMLSocket.connect.call() with a non-socket 'this' context
  • PoC SWF subclasses flash.display.BitmapData and overrides valueOf to manipulate __proto__ chain — look for ActionScript patterns where a class extends BitmapData and calls XMLSocket.connect.call(this, ...)
  • Exploit only crashes in Chrome on 64-bit Linux — prioritize detection/triage on that platform configuration
  • ·PoC must be served from a web server (localhost or matching IP) — drive-by delivery requires a hosting infrastructure; purely local file execution will not trigger the vulnerability
  • ·CVE-2015-5554 is a distinct type-confusion vulnerability from CVE-2015-5555, CVE-2015-5558, and CVE-2015-5562, all patched under APSB15-19 — ensure detections are not conflated across these four CVEs

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv10.0CRITICAL
vendor_redhat10.0CRITICAL
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