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CVE-2015-8048
published 2015-12-10

CVE-2015-8048: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.554 on Linux…

PriorityP263critical10CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
31.63%
98.1th percentile
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.554 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.204, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.204, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.204 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8049, CVE-2015-8050, CVE-2015-8055, CVE-2015-8056, CVE-2015-8057, CVE-2015-8058, CVE-2015-8059, CVE-2015-8061, CVE-2015-8062, CVE-2015-8063, CVE-2015-8064, CVE-2015-8065, CVE-2015-8066, CVE-2015-8067, CVE-2015-8068, CVE-2015-8069, CVE-2015-8070, CVE-2015-8071, CVE-2015-8401, CVE-2015-8402, CVE-2015-8403, CVE-2015-8404, CVE-2015-8405, CVE-2015-8406, CVE-2015-8410, CVE-2015-8411, CVE-2015-8412, CVE-2015-8413, CVE-2015-8414, CVE-2015-8420, CVE-2015-8421, CVE-2015-8422, CVE-2015-8423, CVE-2015-8424, CVE-2015-8425, CVE-2015-8426, CVE-2015-8427, CVE-2015-8428, CVE-2015-8429, CVE-2015-8430, CVE-2015-8431, CVE-2015-8432, CVE-2015-8433, CVE-2015-8434, CVE-2015-8435, CVE-2015-8436, CVE-2015-8437, CVE-2015-8441, CVE-2015-8442, CVE-2015-8447, CVE-2015-8448, CVE-2015-8449, CVE-2015-8450, CVE-2015-8452, and CVE-2015-8454.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
adobeair<= 19.0.0.241—
adobeair_desktop_runtime<= 19.0.0.241—
adobeair_sdk<= 19.0.0.241—
adobeair_sdk_compiler<= 19.0.0.241—
adobeflash_player<= 11.2.202.548—
adobeflash_player<= 18.0.0.261—
adobeflash_player<= 19.0.0.245—
adobeflash_player——
adobeflash_player——
adobeflash_player——
adobeflash_player——
adobeflash_player_desktop_runtime<= 19.0.0.245—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

urlhttps://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/39649.zip↗
  • →Detect URLStream.readObject use-after-free exploitation pattern: a registered class alias ('bob') is used where the class constructor calls URLStream.close() during deserialization, triggering the UAF condition. ↗
  • →Look for Flash SWF files that call flash.net.registerClassAlias combined with URLStream.readObject and URLStream.close within the registered class constructor — this is the minimal exploit pattern for CVE-2015-8048. ↗
  • →Monitor for SWF files loading an external resource named 'file.txt' alongside a SWF (e.g., getproperty.swf) on a remote server, consistent with the PoC delivery mechanism. ↗
  • ·The vulnerability affects Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x/20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows/OS X, and before 11.2.202.554 on Linux; also Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.204. CVE-2015-8048 is one of many distinct use-after-free CVEs sharing the same advisory — the NVD source document describes CVE-2015-8067, not CVE-2015-8048 directly. ↗

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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