CVE-2018-15983 — Untrusted Search Path in Adobe Flash Player

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Adobe Flash Player
Timeline
PublishedJan 18
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Flash Player versions 31.0.0.153 and earlier, and 31.0.0.108 and earlier have an insecure library loading (dll hijacking) vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDadobe/flash_player31.0.0.153

Patches

Patch: helpx.adobe.com ↗Patch: helpx.adobe.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-c2xf-g8c5-v9p9: Flash Player versions 31↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2018-15983: Flash Player versions 31↗2019-01-18
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OSV
CVE-2018-15983: Flash Player versions 31↗2019-01-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
flash-plugin: Privilege Escalation vulnerability (APSB18-42)↗2018-12-05
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Qualys
December 2018 Patch Tuesday – 39 Vulns, Workstation Patches, Adobe Vulns↗2018-12-11
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Qualys
December 2018 Patch Tuesday – 39 Vulns, Workstation Patches, Adobe Vulns | Qualys↗2018-12-11
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-15983 flash-plugin: Privilege Escalation vulnerability (APSB18-42)↗2018-12-05
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CVE-2018-15983 — Untrusted Search Path in Adobe | cvebase