CVE-2017-11281
published 2017-12-01CVE-2017-11281: Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the text handling function. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code…
PriorityP271critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
33.88%
98.2th percentile
Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the text handling function. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. This affects 26.0.0.151 and earlier.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe | flash_player | <= 26.0.0.151 | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | — | — |
Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote
- →Trigger condition: crafted MP4 file containing an invalid atom size data in a tag definition triggers out-of-bounds memory access in the MP4 atom parser ↗
- →Exploit delivery vector: fuzzed/crafted MP4 file played via Adobe Flash Player; inspect MP4 files delivered to Flash Player for malformed atom size fields ↗
- →Exploit delivery vector: crafted MP4 file causes out-of-bounds memory read during MP4 parsing in Flash Player ↗
- →Affected versions: Adobe Flash Player 26.0.0.151 and earlier across Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Chrome OS — flag any Flash Player process at or below this version ↗
- ·Exploitation requires Advanced Cloud Sandbox inspection capability per Zscaler; standard inline inspection may not catch all crafted MP4 variants ↗
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_redhat9.8CRITICAL
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Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-28
vendor_redhat·2017-09-12·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2017-11281 [CRITICAL] flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-28
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-28
Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the text handling function. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. This affects 26.0.0.151 and earlier.
GHSA
GHSA-94wf-332j-3j5q: Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the text handling function
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2017-11281 [CRITICAL] CWE-119 GHSA-94wf-332j-3j5q: Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the text handling function
Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the text handling function. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. This affects 26.0.0.151 and earlier.
OSV
CVE-2017-11281: Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the text handling function
osv·2017-12-01·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2017-11281 [CRITICAL] CVE-2017-11281: Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the text handling function
Adobe Flash Player has an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the text handling function. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. This affects 26.0.0.151 and earlier.
No detection rules found.
Exploit-DB
Adobe Flash - Out-of-Bounds Write in MP4 Edge Processing
exploitdb·2017-09-25
CVE-2017-11281 Adobe Flash - Out-of-Bounds Write in MP4 Edge Processing
Adobe Flash - Out-of-Bounds Write in MP4 Edge Processing
---
Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1322
The attached fuzzed MP4 file causes an out-of-bounds memory access when played with Adobe Flash
Proof of Concept:
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/42782.zip
Exploit-DB
Adobe Flash - Out-of-Bounds Memory Read in MP4 Parsing
exploitdb·2017-09-25
CVE-2017-11281 Adobe Flash - Out-of-Bounds Memory Read in MP4 Parsing
Adobe Flash - Out-of-Bounds Memory Read in MP4 Parsing
---
Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1321
The attached MP4 file causes an out-of-bounds memory access when played in flash player.
Proof of Concept:
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/42781.zip
Trendmicro
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## September Patch Tuesday Fixes MS Office Zero-Day
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Trendmicro
September Patch Tuesday Fixes MS Office Zero-Day
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[MEDIUM] September Patch Tuesday Fixes MS Office Zero-Day
## September Patch Tuesday Fixes MS Office Zero-Day
Microsoft has released their monthly security bulletin for September. The most important update is one that addresses a zero-day vulnerability that exploits Microsoft Word to potentially allow attackers to execute code on the target system remotely.
By: Ronaldo Mangahas 2017/09/13 Read time: ( words)
Save to Folio
Microsoft has released their monthly security bulletin—colloquially known as Patch Tuesday—for September. The most important update is one that addresses a zero-day vulnerability that exploits Microsoft Word . CVE-2017-8759 is a .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability that allows attackers to execute code on the target system remotely when exploited. The vulnerability is exploited via the use of a spam email that
Trendmicro
September Patch Tuesday Fixes MS Office Zero-Day
blogs_trendmicro·2017-09-13·CVSS 6.8
[MEDIUM] September Patch Tuesday Fixes MS Office Zero-Day
# September Patch Tuesday Fixes MS Office Zero-Day
Microsoft has released their monthly security bulletin for September. The most important update is one that addresses a zero-day vulnerability that exploits Microsoft Word to potentially allow attackers to execute code on the target system remotely.
By: Ronaldo Mangahas
2017/09/13
Read time: ( words)
Save to Folio
Microsoft has released their monthly security bulletin—colloquially known as Patch Tuesday—for September. The most important update is one that addresses a zero-day vulnerability that exploits Microsoft Word. CVE-2017-8759 is a .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability that allows attackers to execute code on the target system remotely when exploited. The vulnerability is exploited via the use of a spam email that p
Trendmicro
September Patch Tuesday Fixes MS Office Zero-Day
blogs_trendmicro·2017-09-13·CVSS 6.8
[MEDIUM] September Patch Tuesday Fixes MS Office Zero-Day
## September Patch Tuesday Fixes MS Office Zero-Day
Microsoft has released their monthly security bulletin for September. The most important update is one that addresses a zero-day vulnerability that exploits Microsoft Word to potentially allow attackers to execute code on the target system remotely.
By: Ronaldo Mangahas Sep 13, 2017 Read time: ( words)
Save to Folio
Microsoft has released their monthly security bulletin—colloquially known as Patch Tuesday—for September. The most important update is one that addresses a zero-day vulnerability that exploits Microsoft Word . CVE-2017-8759 is a .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability that allows attackers to execute code on the target system remotely when exploited. The vulnerability is exploited via the use of a spam email tha
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September Patch Tuesday Fixes MS Office Zero-Day
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Exploits & Vulnerabilities
## September Patch Tuesday Fixes MS Office Zero-Day
Microsoft has released their monthly security bulletin for September. The most important update is one that addresses a zero-day vulnerability that exploits Microsoft Word to potentially allow attackers to execute code on the target system remotely.
By: Ronaldo Mangahas Sep 13, 2017 Read time: ( words)
Save to Folio
Microsoft has released their monthly security bulletin—colloquially known as Patch Tuesday—for September. The most important update is one that addresses a zero-day vulnerability that exploits Microsoft Word . CVE-2017-8759 is a .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability that allows attackers to execute code on the target system remotely when exploited. The vulnerability is exploited via
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-11281 CVE-2017-11282 flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-28
bugzilla·2017-09-13·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2017-11281 [CRITICAL] CVE-2017-11281 CVE-2017-11282 flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-28
CVE-2017-11281 CVE-2017-11282 flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-28
Adobe Security Bulletin APSB17-28 for Adobe Flash Player describes multiple flaws that can possibly lead to code execution when Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file.
Quoting from the APSB17-28:
Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Critical CVE-2017-11281
Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Critical CVE-2017-11282
External References:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-28.html
Discussion:
This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
Via RHSA-2017:2702 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2702
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100710http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039314https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2702https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-28.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-16https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42781/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42782/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvmnUeza9zwhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100710http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039314https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2702https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-28.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-16https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42781/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42782/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvmnUeza9zw
2017-12-01
Published