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CVE-2016-1000
published 2016-03-12

CVE-2016-1000: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.333 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.182 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.577 on…

PriorityP270high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
29.84%
98.0th percentile
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.333 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.182 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.577 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 21.0.0.176, Adobe AIR SDK before 21.0.0.176, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 21.0.0.176 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0987, CVE-2016-0988, CVE-2016-0990, CVE-2016-0991, CVE-2016-0994, CVE-2016-0995, CVE-2016-0996, CVE-2016-0997, CVE-2016-0998, and CVE-2016-0999.

Affected

10 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
adobeair<= 20.0.0.233
adobeair_desktop_runtime<= 20.0.0.260
adobeair_sdk<= 20.0.0.260
adobeair_sdk_compiler<= 20.0.0.260
adobeflash_player<= 20.0.0.306
adobeflash_player<= 11.2.202.569
adobeflash_player_desktop_runtime<= 20.2.2.306
citrixxenapp
citrixxendesktop
samsungx14j_firmware

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

urlhttps://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/39610.zip
  • Exploit triggers via a Sprite creation followed by a frameConstructed event handler that removes the object, causing use-after-free; monitor for SWF files leveraging frameConstructed event handlers with remove object actions on Sprites.
  • Malicious payload is delivered as a SWF file; inspect SWF attachments or downloads for exploitation of Sprite use-after-free patterns.
  • ·The CVE queried (CVE-2016-1000) is listed as one of multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player; the NVD source describes CVE-2016-0990 as the primary entry, with CVE-2016-1000 cited as a related but distinct vulnerability. Intel extracted here pertains to the Sprite creation use-after-free exploit (39610) which is associated with this vulnerability family.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_redhat8.8HIGH
vendor_cisco6.8MEDIUM
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