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CVE-2016-0984

Flash Player

Adobe / Flash Player

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Severity
CVSS 8.8 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
55.4%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

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What it is

CVE-2016-0984 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player. Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

Adobe / Flash Player.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Flash Player

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, and CVE-2016-0983.

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Published
10 Feb 2016
Exploitation Reported
25 May 2022
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required

Tags

cisa linux windows

CVE References

  • CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0984
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0400 lists.opensuse.org · Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027...
  • GLSA-201603-07 security.gentoo.org · Vendor Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07
  • RHSA-2016:0166 rhn.redhat.com · Vendor Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html
  • openSUSE-SU-2016:0415 lists.opensuse.org · Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030...
  • openSUSE-SU-2016:0412 lists.opensuse.org · Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029...
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0398 lists.opensuse.org · Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025...
  • 39462 exploit-db.com · Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/
  • 1034970 securitytracker.com · VDB Entry http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970
  • helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html helpx.adobe.com · CVE Record https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html

Exploitation evidence

Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 25 May 2022

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

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Source Added
CISA First 2022-05-25 00:00 UTC

Detection

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Observed signals

Request targets
0
User-Agents
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

55.4%

Weaknesses

Use After Free CWE-416

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 8.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 9.3 High

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  2. CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  3. CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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Free JSON includes basic KEV fields 
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  "cve_id": "CVE-2016-0984",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 8.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.55375,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}

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