CVE-2018-4878

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161. This vulnerability occurs due to a dangling pointer in the Primetime SDK related to media player handling of listener objects. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution. This was exploited in the wild in January and February 2018.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-4878
  • Assigner
  • psirt@adobe.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-02-06T21:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-04-18T14:26:17
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-416 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 28.0.0.161
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:* 1 OR 28.0.0.161
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer_11:*:* 1 OR 28.0.0.161
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:* 1 OR 28.0.0.161
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/vulnerabilities-and-exploits/north-korean-hackers-allegedly-exploit-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-cve-2018-4878-against-south-korean-targets Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/attacks-leveraging-adobe-zero-day.html Third Party Advisory
https://threatpost.com/adobe-flash-player-zero-day-spotted-in-the-wild/129742/ Third Party Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040318 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102893 Broken Link
http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/group-123-goes-wild.html Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0285 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vysec/CVE-2018-4878 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/InQuest/malware-samples/tree/master/CVE-2018-4878-Adobe-Flash-DRM-UAF-0day Third Party Advisory
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/adobe-flash-vulnerability-reappears-in-malicious-word-files/d/d-id/1331139 Press/Media Coverage Third Party Advisory
https://blog.morphisec.com/flash-exploit-cve-2018-4878-spotted-in-the-wild-massive-malspam-campaign Third Party Advisory
https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/hackers-bypassed-adobe-flash-protection-mechanism/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44412/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4878
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-4878
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 15:42:25 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 01:48:39 2018-02-06T21:29Z 2018-02-06T21:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 01:48:39 2022-04-18T14:26:17 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 01:48:39 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated